We&#x27;ve come close to this already (mandated Clipper chip). Which would have been a disaster, in many areas.<p>IIRC, the ITAR rules even prohibited systems that lacked crypto, but that had pluggable APIs which permitted crypto to be added later (e.g., by the end-user). It&#x27;s hard to see how legislation to the same effect would pass constitutional muster, but it&#x27;s a gamble, and the administration has little to lose.