There&#x27;s a more fundamental problem at stake. Law enforcement has <i>gotten used to</i> requesting <i>our data</i> from third-party providers instead of us directly. So now they act as if that&#x27;s normal.<p>But it completely bypasses the 4th amendment either directly or in spirit. In most cases they don&#x27;t even need to serve a warrant to the companies, and even if they do, I think that warrant should always be served to the individual.<p>It shouldn&#x27;t be served to companies just because &quot;it&#x27;s easier&quot; and because it happens that in the 21st century the data about our lives is stored on a third-party company&#x27;s servers. If we just wanted to make things as easy as possible for law enforcement we&#x27;d have to do away with many more of our rights.