[Hoot Gibson]

This has nothing to do with catching criminals and tax evaders, that is just the rationalization for violating Americans' 4th Amendment rights. The gun control analogy is spot on. Gun crime thrives in the midst of the toughest gun control laws in the country because criminals do not purchase their guns legally.

Long term, the federal government will monetize the data that they collect on private citizens. I am not sure how they will rationalize doing so, but they will come up with a plausible excuse to appeal to liberals who will once again tell us how they "have nothing to hide." The combination of Big Government, Big Tech, and Big Data is one of the biggest threats that this nation faces.