You're presuming critics of these rights have long ago won any moral and legal battle over the righteousness of thesr rights in absolute terms. However, this i

You're presuming critics of these rights have long ago won any moral and legal battle over the righteousness of thesr rights in absolute terms. However, this is not true. To give an example， even as we enter an age of extreme political correctness and government authority--interepreted as intended to protect people from mean words--you can still find in mainstream media people arguing for the opposite. Unfortunately, the sad reality of our civilization is that free speech's importance is only apparent when a cultural adversary infringes on it: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/feb/16/free-speech-means-nothing-without-right-to-offend-paris-copenhagen https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/feb/16/free-s... In other words, unbreakable crypto may be a worthy goal to aim for, even if we know just as with other human rights that there will be slip ups and set backs. I wouldn't say that the right to avoid cruel and unusual punishment be thrown out just because the military set up Guantanamo and other black sites around the world. It means we need to fight even harder, not give up on our ideals.