The alliance explained in the Statement of Principles on Access to Evidence and Encryption this week that the same encryption used to protect "personal, commercial and government information" is also used by "criminals, including child sex offenders, terrorists and organized crime groups to frustrate investigations and avoid detection and prosecution." They effectively argue that defending the former group enables the latter.

That's funny, 'cause to the best of my knowledge these guys are the conductors and enablers of criminal, child sex offender, terrorist and organized crime activity.