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"You have this mistaken idea that google is a "steward" of your information."

They are -- you can question whether they are a good steward or not, but that is irrelevant as far as I can tell. The government didn't give them the option of keeping their users' information private.

"Its not a "search" of you to get information google keeps about you using government powers."

You assert that, but I don't see why. Clearly they were trying to find something in all of that data -- if trying to find something is not a search, what is?

"The framers did not contemplate that people would freely hand over private information to third parties who have no legal obligations to protect it."

It doesn't matter whether they have a legal obligation to protect it or not. They weren't given an option to protect it. If I write you a letter about a new political party platform, you have no legal obligation to keep that a secret. But do you think it's reasonable for the government to come in and demand all of the letters you've ever received, and then browse through them to see if someone might be starting a radical political movement?



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