Yeah seems like that's quite explicitly the goal. The question is, what means or method are they trying to hide and is it hyper illegal or just something they don't want to be pubic knowledge?

All of us who grew up with Law & Order are wondering why this dude is bragging about planting poisoned fruit trees.

I didn't know about it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_construction

It turns out it's actually fine if your data is on offer to the government from a third party.

The Constitution was meant to be permanently fixed and extremely literal about only the technology available from centuries ago, it was not meant to describe general concepts nor intended to be updated to ensure those same rights are retained along with changes in society.