Last October — following Apple and Google‘s announce of encryption-by-default for iOS and Android devices — was greeted with law enforcement panic, spearheaded by FBI director James Comey, who has yet to find the perfect dead child to force these companies‘ hands.

The Washington Post editorial board found Comey‘s diatribes super-effective! It published a post calling for some sort of law enforcement-only, magical hole in Apple and Google‘s encryption.