The Five Eyes government alliance issued a statement of principles on Access to Evidence and Encryption. The five countries representing the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand have no interest or intention to weaken encryption mechanisms. Privacy laws must prevent arbitrary or unlawful interference, but privacy is not absolute, Five Eyes said. Baddies such as criminals and terrorists use encryption and end-to-end encryption, and keeping intelligence and law enforcement from accessing their encrypted data makes it difficult to protect communities.”]