It seems that you've never realized that most of the stuff being gathered is not stored on any device that you have control over. Very weird to encounter on HN,

It seems that you've never realized that most of the stuff being gathered is not stored on any device that you have control over. Very weird to encounter on HN, but I guess you're part of today's 10,000... Maybe if you were running an SMTP server from your home would the 4th amendment apply in the way that you think it does. Most people have trusted another entity to house their "digital papers", so your beef should be with the organizations who hand it over to Feds without a fight. At least understand the nature of the problem before commenting so vehemently on it.