Ok, so the government shows up here where I work, a credit union software company, and tells us we need to modify our code to track fund transfers that go overseas. We check them out, they’re legit feds, they have the paperwork, and if we tell them to fuck off we’ll face charges or at a minimum have our federal certifications pulled. So it’s our responsibility to fight this in court? Hell no, just like it’s not AT&T’s responsibility to fight wiretaps, or the resulting lawsuits if they don’t fight them.
Let the ACLU or other privacy group sue the government, since they’re the ones saying they have legal grounds for the wiretaps, but not the corporations that I just going along with what the government is telling them is legal. That’s total class action lawyer bullshit right there.