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Scorn for the 4th Amendment

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The landline in your house? The government needs a warrant to tap it. The letters in your mailbox? The government needs a warrant to read ‘em. It’s like the Framers said: probable cause is required. Yet a text or an email, even one sent from your bed, is treated differently — it’s afforded much less protection from government snoops, even though we’re increasingly going all digital in our communication.

](http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/12/this-weeks-senate-scandal-scorn-for-the-4th-amendment/266681/)



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