The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects ... shall not be violated ...
Or, maybe not
ethero101 :
even toms hardware is suspect of spreading fake news now... [snip]
Not sure I'd go quite that far, but confusion may reign and I appreciate the efforts of THG and Mr. Armasu to inform readers of relevant current events from our Fearless Leaders.
My understanding (always subject to correction) is that under President Obama *Drift-netting* (bulk collection) by the gub'mint of metadata records under Section 215 was outlawed. Big COMM/ISP collection continued "as typical"
ouch
, subject to warrant by regular judicial means or FISC. This practice purportedly was also limited to a single "hop" --- no more secondary/tertiary climbing/expanding of the metadata record tree.
It seems to me that some Congress Critters (and the Trump administration?) are trying to somehow legitimize (without direct warrant and specificity as most privacy buffs feel is required by the 4th) the use and sharing of the incidental "hop" metadata for LE/Spook purposes.
Lucian may not have explained it very well. It's another Déjà Vu of the "fruit of the poisonous (or, not) tree" argument ... and I'm a bit uncomfortable with the prospect of the current Supremes siding with privacy advocates on this (but, national security ... NATIONAL SECURITY !! )