I think the article got Alito's position in Jones wrong. Alito was deeply worried about the rise of a surveillance state in areas where the 4th Amendment doesn

I think the article got Alito's position in Jones wrong. Alito was deeply worried about the rise of a surveillance state in areas where the 4th Amendment doesn't apply today. The thing si that a warrant is not required today in these areas anyway due to other doctrines. Statutes may impose such but that's not a Constitutional consideration. Warrants are not required right now. Alito was seeking to tighten these up.