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by BeefWellington 528 days ago
It was export restricted for ages. If you were an American company as late as the late 2000's (at least) you had to get permission to export strong encryption.

The right to communicate math ended at the US border. It's entirely feasible given the laws for that kind of walling off of content to be legal.

There's also the chilling effect of the government doing it anyways, even if they will eventually lose that legal battle in court.