Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks. The right to privacy is as important as the right to free speech. Having to trust the authorities not to violate one's privacy is not acceptable. Therefore, one has to enforce privacy. Strong cryptography achieves this goal as far as stored or transmitted information is concerned.
Cryptography is an indispensable tool to achieve privacy.
The right to free use of cryptography is therefore fundamental, and as important as the rights to privacy and free speech. Finally, no authority or act of authority is justified in itself. Its only justification of existence is the good of the people, and its only right to existence is by the approval of the people. Most of the world governments are verbally committed to principles similar to those stated above. In practice, however, things are quite different.