[op00to]

> with a simple warrant

See the difference?

[wildrhythms]

You are putting a lot of faith in the police and judges that issue those things.

[thoroughburro]

Just a little bit more than my faith in “no oversight whatsoever”, yes.

[rvnx]

and there is no transparency needed, warrants don't have to be public in most countries.

[ceejayoz]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSA_warrantless_surveillance_(...

Not really?

[Forbo]

See also: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_construction

Americans have way more faith in America being the good guys than is warranted.