A cryptopunk would say just the opposite: that privacy is a technical problem that, properly solved, alleviates us of political concerns.
Both views seem to miss the mark. The crypto folks see mathematical certitude while ignoring the dynamics of the social/legal context in which it must operate. By contrast, those who argue that "artifacts don't have politics" would absolve technologists of an ethical duty to consider how their products impact society.
In short, privacy required both technical and legal protections as well as a society that demands it as a fundamental human right
It is a technological problem too. Telegram has a much better UI/UX than Signal, and not having end-to-end encryption by default is part of the reason.
technology is a political/legal problem. the printing press, gunpowder, the internet. technology has always been in the middle of political/legal problems.
