[thomastjeffery]

There is an important distinction here:

Encrypted data is information.

Encryption algorithms are math. Math can be expressed with data, but the immutable intangible reality that is being expressed is not information, nor property.

By your logic, the government can argue banning encrypted data, and encryption algorithm implementations.

The latter hits close to the mark of what A.G. Barr is insinuating. It would still be a significant for a government, especially the U.S. government, to ban the implementation of specific algorithms. That would equate to banning the writing of specific mathematical formulae, which is equivalent to censoring speech.

[JudgeWapner]

I agree, and I could have been more precise. I highly doubt we'll live in a world where the AES algorithm or source code or even binaries is illegal. The crime will simply be if the gov can show you were using information-hiding practices illegally, such as without an adequate key escrow system (for a large-scale deployments) or refusing to decrypt communications when asked to by LE.

[nixpulvis]

I guess that's one way to take over the tech industry.