<i>&quot;No right is absolute, and that includes the right to privacy. Criminals, for example, simply don&#x27;t have it.&quot;</i><p>The problem is, that by definition, you can&#x27;t take away privacy from <i>criminals</i> without taking it away from <i>everyone</i> else. Especially when term <i>criminal</i> varies from country to country -- in this case it might be a drug lord, but i.e. in Russia it might be an opposition leader or journalist that dug too deep.