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Understand that existing legal decisions afford no privacy expectation to info released to a 3rd party - old news. I think there's a legitimate concern these days, 3rd party traffic or not, when differentiating who's targeted for collection. I suspect - but do not know - that most agencies below the Federal level (or their DHS-subsidized 'cells') don't currently have the resources to actually analyze the 'take' from such tools.
Nonetheless, imo, there is a difference between focusing on something of interest which arises out of other means & furthers an investigation, and wholesale collection using data-aggregation tools to find something/anything of interest in the first place. That latter something of interest, when made pretty on an emblem & caveat-festooned report, can gain traction beyond its actual worth.
What does a warrant look like that allows a "go out & see what you can see" approach? Sincerely asking.
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