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The short of it is that it won't. Even if some governments bleat about it, strong cryptography will still come out of other states who don't ban it. People will continue to use what already exists.

I would also imagine that cryptographers wouldn't have trouble seeking citizenship in states with a friendlier relationship with cryptography in general.

These laws are about controlling US tech giants more than anything. Long live decentralized, federated networks like Matrix!