Comment by codethief
3 days ago
> Whereas I believe a right to privacy in your tools and communication is essential, he believes they infringe on the government's ability to catch criminals.
Honestly, if I had spent 30 years of my life trying to catch criminals, I would probably believe the same. Just like dermatologists telling everyone to put on sunscreen at all times (because they see skin cancer cases on the daily), criminal prosecutors often live in a bubble, where crime happens all the time and everywhere, and you can never have enough sophisticated tools to catch the perpetrators. They completely forget that normal life away from crime exists, too.
Anyone in law enforcement for long enough, and I'd probably say something like 5-10 years on the beat, is enough to make many apathetic to rights and dignities. A sad reality unfortunately. Its the same vein of salespeople who get so caught-up in the hustle they that see everyone and every relationship as a potential transaction. And if I'm being introspective, my own flaw of seeing most systems/laws/social contracts as problems that can be solved with tinkering (they can't).