&quot;No right is absolute, and that includes the right to privacy. Criminals, for example, simply don&#x27;t have it.&quot;<p>You determine who is a criminal so you determine who has the right to privacy? Maybe you are a reasonable person but I think it is naive to operate under the assumption that governments&#x2F;judges will always be reasonable. I think indeed that you may be spied upon when you are suspect of a crime but to force Whatsapp to store all messages (diminishing everyone&#x27;s privacy) due to a couple of criminals sounds like a bad idea to me.<p>So the right to privacy should be absolute, until you disrespect other people&#x27;s rights (the only thing that should be a crime). So do good policing, don&#x27;t take privacy away from innocent, free (wo)men.