We ought to be having a deliberate debate about how to change our laws to reflect Yes, but the powers-that-be are content to let it all happen by default, beca

We ought to be having a deliberate debate about how to change our laws to reflect Yes, but the powers-that-be are content to let it all happen by default, because most potential outcomes lets them win. If we just shrug and ignore it, they win. If we wait too long to take action, they can argue that the surveillance is understood and that we've grown used to it, and thus under conventional 4th Amendment analysis, there's no more expectation of privacy. Really, the only way they can lose is by putting the question forward for debate.