It's pretty sad how they have to stoop to that level, and even more sad that the general public falls for it.
Yeah there might be the odd case where it's true, but chances are encryption or not the bad guy was going to do it anyway. Unfortunately there are terrible people out there, but not everyone should be penalized for it.
And the government is not worried about murders, if they were, they'd do something about the drug cartels and school shootings. The cartel tortures and executions make ISIS look like teddy bears and it's all happening right on US soil. This is all about copyright infringement bull crap, that's all it is. To the government, piracy and other "computer crime" is pretty much on the same level as terrorism, if higher. At the end of the day it's all because of money.
Phones are a great way to get people in jail because lot of people store movies and MP3s on them. Though it's kind of surprising that you don't hear of that too often. Cops could easily just grab phones off people and start checking them but I have not heard too much of this being a trend unless you're trying to record them.