The headline might be a bit jarring, but what might be the unintended consequences of the introduction of unsearchable smartphones? Could they, say, set in motion a legal review that puts in doubt the right to abortion? The question occurs at least to us in the wake of the announcement by Apple and Google that they’ll put some smartphone data “out of reach of police and the courts,” as the Wall Street Journal put it in a dispatch on rising concern the announcement is causing among the authorities.