“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated...”
Let me ask you, do you feel secure in your papers and effects if they are being passed on to a government agency without your consent?
I think you may miss the point of my argument.
My constitutionally protected personal papers etc are not being passed. The data is not mine, not in my possession.
The data in question is owned by AT&T.
Even if I do mind, I have no legal ability to prohibit AT&T from forking up all of the data.
In the old days, I’m sure my data was actually collected. In days of old, my extensive fax and telex traffic to numerous overseas locations was routinely monitored. I never had a problem though