> I'm wondering if the fourth amendment restricts the US government from arranging for a dragnet-style data feed from some willing corporate partner. it doesn'

> I'm wondering if the fourth amendment restricts the US government from arranging for a dragnet-style data feed from some willing corporate partner. it doesn't. NSA has had room 631 at AT&T for over a decade now. and, of course, everywhere else. there's almost certainly an API for government agencies that they can query without any new warrants -- think facebook, google, amazon, etc. i remember back in the day people used to say that these things were just conspiracy theories.