<p>Beginning<span> </span>with<span> </span>a<span> </span>1998<span> </span>article<span>&nbsp;</span>and<span> </span>through<span> </span>the<span> </span>editions<span> </span>of<span> </span>my<span> </span>treatise,<span>&nbsp;</span>I<span> </span>have argued<span> </span>that<span> </span>the<span> </span>right<span> </span>to<span> </span>be<span> </span>“secure”<span> </span>must<span> </span>be<span> </span>properly<span> </span>understood.<span> </span>The<span> </span>right<span> </span>to<span> </span>be<span> </span>se<span>cure</span><span> </span><span>is</span><span> </span><span>the</span><span> </span><span>powerful</span><span> </span><span>ability</span><span> </span><span>to</span><span> </span><span>exclude</span><span> </span><span>the</span><span> </span><span>government,</span><span> </span><span>and</span><span> </span><span>it</span><span> </span><span>protects</span><span> </span><span>against</span><span> </span><span>physical </span>and<span> </span>technological<span> </span>intrusions.<span> </span>As<span> </span>will<span> </span>be<span> </span>discussed,<span> </span>my<span> </span>interpretation<span> </span>has<span> </span>had<span> </span>some influence<span> </span>among<span> </span>courts<span> </span>and<span> </span>scholars.<span> </span>Several<span> </span>academics<span> </span>have<span> </span>taken<span> </span>time<span> </span>to<span> </span>discuss it,<span> </span>and<span> </span>it<span> </span>has<span> </span>been<span> </span>noticed<span> </span>in<span> </span>the<span> </span>Supreme<span> </span>Court.<span> </span>This<span> </span>Essay<span> </span>seeks<span> </span>to<span> </span>dispel<span> </span>some<span> </span>of those characterizations and clarify the meaning of the right to be secure.</p>