Soatok DreamseekerCryptography is inherently political, as Rogaway argues in The Moral Character of Cryptographic Work.
The kinds of technical problems that one chooses to solve are often informed by one's own political views.
One cryptographer might work on encrypting consumer devices such that no one but the owner can decrypt them, thereby preventing unlawful access by overzealous governments. Bullets don't solve math problems.
Another might work on DRM for ensuring that copyrighted videos are only playable on hardware that has been certified to prevent unauthorized reproduction.
These problems have very different politics.
But consider: Using DRM-like technology to run software in the cloud such that not even the cloud provider can decrypt?
The work you do in this field is never in a politically neutral vacuum. Nearly every capability can be used in an inverted power dynamic.
Linus Gasser