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When you think about it, most of the work of catching criminals (or gathering evidence) involves invasion of privacy, I guess it becomes a question of how much we're willing to part with
I disagree. The only time the police should invade your privacy is with a valid warrant, and only to the extent of the warrant.
The police shouldn't be able to monitor transactions at large for illegal activity, nor should they be to attain a broad warrant to check for illegal transactions if you're merely suspected of an unrelated crime.
If that means more criminals go free, I'm okay with that. But it should also mean we train our police better to account for the higher difficulty of police work given the protection of our rights.