&gt; If you&#x27;re going to conduct criminal activity, do it in the privacy of your own home.<p>&gt; <i></i>That was the original intention of the 4th amendment.<i></i><p>Wat.<p>The intention of the 4th amendment was to enable criminal activity, but confine it to private property?<p>Not to protect citizens&#x27; privacy from government snooping without probable cause?<p>The intent was to prevent the executive branch from indiscriminately &quot;searching&quot; (and hidden microphones are a form of search) innocent people without any cross-check from the judicial branch. The fact that you can &quot;conduct criminal activity in the privacy of your own home&quot; 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.