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No, Cryptography Is Not “Dual Use” the Same Way AI Is.

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A LessWrong post argues that cryptography is not dual use in the same way AI is, saying actor and functional application matter and that cryptography mainly encrypts data.

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“Actor and functional application matter Originally published at AGI SurveilLance . Mainly, cryptography does one critical thing—encrypts data.”
LessWrong, 11 Oct 2026, 15:08.

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