@jbaggs @selfsame There needs to be an amendment to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (#UDHR) to generally state not only are humans equal to each other but also they shall never lack rights given to corps & machines.

It’s interesting to note that the reason encryption was not banned: corporations need encryption to protect trade secrets and facilitate commerce. Individuals benefit from the privacy of encryption only incidentally.

I’m not clear on what court decision triggered the OP but it seems like a departure from the cryptography scenario.