The state will call it a weapon, a threat, a tool of criminals. But cryptography is simply the equalizer, the lever that shifts power from rulers to the ruled.

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Well said, and generations forward will enjoy it's effects

It can only be armor, never a weapon, even in analogy. It's not hacking. Annoys me no end that its defenders in public discourse never point this out.

I mean, we get it that they don't want criminals to have phones or money, but they never resort to calling those things "weapons".

beautiful

Math is not an opinion 😱