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Yes, it would. Wouldn't detectives watching through your windows as you type on your phone be functionally the same as having your phone surveilled?

Warranted, targeted surveillance is less bad than surveilling everyone to see if they are committing crimes, which less bad than recording what everyone did so they can be charged with crimes retroactively, which is less bad than charging people for crimes they're only predicted to commit.



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