Microsoft Compares Government to Cyber Criminals

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1. In this part, that unnamed government “intelligence lawyer” is wrong. Very wrong.

That alarming scoop by The Washington Post via documents provided by NSA leaker Edward Snowden included wishful thinking from an unnamed government “intelligence lawyer” interviewed in the story. This official, according to the Post, said that the data “are not covered by the Fourth Amendment,” meaning a probable-cause warrant isn’t required to get it.

Just because it is needed for the technology to work, does not mean a search warrant is not required. This is most diffidently a 4th Amendment violation, if no warrant is in evidence. Especially when vacuuming up everyone's communication data.