Exactly, it's not like the police isn't abusing physical access to goods, or "lawful" access to phone conversations or citizens databases. How else will police

Exactly, it's not like the police isn't abusing physical access to goods, or "lawful" access to phone conversations or citizens databases. How else will police fund their new cars [1] or arrest the new boyfriend of their ex [2] ? My point is that the government sees no problem at all with the potential for large scale abuse of government access, just like they don't have any serious safeguards against abuse of existing ones, for example, holding physical keys (for example, would you consider using emergency keys for entering a girls' dormitory and forcing everyone in the hallway to "check for lockdown laws being upheld" a perfectly legal precaution. And if they do it for such absurdly juvenile things, what hope is there for them to do better under pressure ?) [1] https://www.aclu.org/issues/criminal-law-reform/reforming-police/asset-forfeiture-abuse https://www.aclu.org/issues/criminal-law-reform/reforming-po... [2] https://psmag.com/news/stalker-cop-police-protection-danger-crime-harassment-93995 https://psmag.com/news/stalker-cop-police-protection-danger-...