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 In the US, I compare it also to three rights specifically:

The right to free speech (encryption can protect my speech in transit and at rest).

Most importantly, the right to bear arms (firearms or body armor for personal defense). I have the right to defend information critical to my life and property (like Bitcoin).

I also use it to defend myself from unreasonable search and seizure. In this case, it's an explicit protection that prevents the government from just secretly stealing what they can't get legally. At least in theory.

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