FBI wants access to Internet browser history without a warrant

Dupe of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11854848

> The FBI’s Office of General Counsel, however, has argued that electronic communication transactional records are the functional equivalent of telephone billing records. To eliminate any uncertainty, the FBI wants the law to explicitly cover such data

As we spend more of our lives online, the old-world laws are going to be increasingly invasive. Especially with companies who are eager to store every tidbit of information into cold storage forever.

It isn't clear from the article whether 'browser history' is being sought or only IP addresses (not that I think that's okay). The only link in the article working for me was to the dishonorable Sen. Cornyn's amendment which would allow warrantless collection of IP addresses in addition to other so-called metadata.