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I know a good number of boomer techies...

More seriously, we should get the unions riled about this. Increased police powers and surveillance have not, historically, been kind to labor.

Do police like increased police powers? http://iupa.org/ - Police AFL CIO (unions of course)

They're not necessarily big on handing them to the NSA.

True, while warrants are not necessary for the NSA to snoop, they don't like sharing with local LE.

Depending on the quality of your local police, they have nothing to gain and a lot to lose.