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>But since the database engine touches every record in the database it "logically" follows that everybody was searched...

Not sure why "logically" is in quotes, because it is both technically and logically true that they were searched.

If it is illegal for a person to manually parse thru the private information (i.e. financial transactions, search history) of millions of innocent people, then why should it be legal when a person uses a more automated (and thus more dangerous) means to do so?




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