Legal issues

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  • legal disclaimer from Wikipedia
  • This is not intended as legal advice, but as a list or resources

Relevant law

International

  • Universal Declaration on Human Rights http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/
    • Article 12. "No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence,..."

US law

  • US Constitution
    • 4th Amendment
  • Supreme Court cases
    • Right to privacy
    • Expectation of privacy
      • Pen register and trap and trace
      • Records held by third parties
    • Right to anonymous speech
  • Patriot Act esp. Sec 215
  • Snowden disclosures
  • Lavabit case http://lavabit.com
  • Export restrictions

Patents

  • Lavarand U.S. Patent 5,732,138

Prior Art

Patent disclosures on the Wiki