Antitrust law isn't about protecting competing businesses from each other, it's about protecting competition itself on behalf of the public.

The institutions that we've built up over the years to protect our individual privacy rights from the government don't apply to the private sector. The Fourth Amendment doesn't apply to corporations. The Freedom of Information Act doesn't apply to Silicon Valley. And you can't impeach Google if it breaks its 'Don't be evil' campaign pledge.

If you use a cell phone - as I do - your wireless carrier likely has records about your physical movements going back months, if not years.

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