Hidden Microphones Part of Government Surveillance Program in the Bay Area
> If you're going to conduct criminal activity, do it in the privacy of your own home.> That was the original intention of the 4th amendment.Wat.The intention of the 4th amendment was to enable criminal activity, but confine it to private property?Not to protect citizens' privacy from government snooping without probable cause?The intent was to prevent the executive branch from indiscriminately "searching" (and hidden microphones are a form of search) innocent people without any cross-check from the judicial branch. The fact that you can "conduct criminal activity in the privacy of your own home" is a side effect, not a design goal, of the principle that a free society is worth the risk of letting a few criminals slip through the cracks.