It is unreasonable speculation, insomuch as it begs the question _why_ - they're unrelated propositions. There's no legal framework where youre only allowed to encrypt data if you check if it's child porn first.

My biggest fear is the only reason I've seen this come up this week is the Apple community, that built me into a programmer from a waiter, has become susceptible to the same kind of irrational tribalism we see everywhere else - "surely this bad thing is happening because it's part of a secret plan to fix the other bad thing!"