Those laws applied to the exportation of cryptosystem. There were no prohibitions on domestic use of high-quality crypto.<p>That&#x27;s the same coin which currently says that you can have your own military flame thrower in the US but you can&#x27;t export flame throwers to other countries without a license.<p>So I don&#x27;t think that coin is really relevant to the topic of being able to defend yourself or your privacy.