The politics of privacy are odd. The issue described in the article was decided along strict party lines. Surely not coincidentally, the bill favored the big t

The politics of privacy are odd. The issue described in the article was decided along strict party lines. Surely not coincidentally, the bill favored the big telecom companies at the expense of the newer parts of the tech industry. On the other hand, the Email Privacy Act passed 419-0 in the House -- totally unanimously! -- in 2016, and again by voice vote in 2017. Yet the Senate is blocking it, also in a bipartisan fashion. This issue, by way of contrast to the other one, is about balancing individual liberties against what's useful to law enforcement, without any strong or clear commercial interest on either side.