Comment by subsection1h

LOL. Your HN account is only a year old, so maybe you weren't alive when the Patriot Act was passed and people like you supported it because of all the scary terrorists.

"Known as a 'sneak and peek' warrant, law enforcement was adamant Section 213 was needed to protect against terrorism. But the latest government report detailing the numbers of 'sneak and peek' warrants reveals that out of a total of over 11,000 sneak and peek requests, only 51 were used for terrorism."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/10/peekaboo-i-see-you-gov...