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by wedn3sday 2681 days ago
The world very much DOES have software control. There are whole sets of countries that cannot use certain versions of SSL and other popular encryption tools because of software export controls. Yes, the governments of these places can still get access, but they can also buy weapons ect on the black market.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography