It's naive to pretend the trade-off doesn't exist already or that a decision hasn't been made. The trade-off has always existed- a warrant can be produced to violate your privacy. It's just a question of what the procedure should be, what information can be searched, what situations it can be used in, etc.
I don't think there is much opposition in the general population to searches where probable cause exists. But that is indeed a trade-off between security and privacy.
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It's naive to pretend the trade-off doesn't exist already or that a decision hasn't been made. The trade-off has always existed- a warrant can be produced to violate your privacy. It's just a question of what the procedure should be, what information can be searched, what situations it can be used in, etc.
I don't think there is much opposition in the general population to searches where probable cause exists. But that is indeed a trade-off between security and privacy.