"It doesn't matter if it's widespread or wholesale, it matters that they can do it when they want to." That is precisely what matters. The 4th amendment requir

"It doesn't matter if it's widespread or wholesale, it matters that they can do it when they want to." That is precisely what matters. The 4th amendment requires a warrant that some specific person or location (or in our modern world, set of files) is evidence of a crime. In a free country, you may still get caught up in an investigation. In an unfree country, everyone is constantly unsure whether the government is spying on them.