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The government has no access to that data without due process mediated by a judge. That is not the same as continuous surveillance.



Yea, sure, you betcha....

That assumes 2 things

1. that the Warrant process today is more than a superficial formality to give people the illusion of check on government power. When in reality to get a warrant they simply have to fill out a form, there is hardly ever any push back and it has been proven countless times that law enforcement lies via omission, or stretched the truth, or any number of dishonest unethical things to get warrants, on top of the fact the most judges simply approve 99.9% of all warrant applications. "Getting a warrant" should not be viewed as some panacea of government restraint

2. Assume that "if they got a warrant" then people like me would approve of government having access to that data. That "Getting a warrant" is a valid justification for obtaining data.


Snowden proved this was false.


They still need warrants to get information on specific people.


no they didn't. it was self-reported abuses and no consequences.




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