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Re:North Korea hacked him, so he took down its internet by imglorp on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @02:20PM (#30182601)
Encryption, at least, is a purely defensive weapon. In the historical context of 2A, protecting yourself from your government would closely align with the original intent of militias protecting locals from a federal king.
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Re:North Korea hacked him, so he took down its internet by gmfawcett on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @02:22PM (#30182638)
It's an interesting theory until they arrest you. As another poster pointed out, crypto used to be considered "munitions" under U.S. law.
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Re:North Korea hacked him, so he took down its internet by imglorp on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @02:26PM (#30182691)
Yeah. After an expensive legal defense, maybe with a bunch of expensive appeals, you'd be either wrong, poor, and in jail or right, poor, and not in jail.
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