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Thank goodness the 3rd isn't an issue! There is an old Dr Dobbs article that mentions that the 3rd might be the key to keeping the government from installing m
by protomyth 9y ago
Thank goodness the 3rd isn't an issue!
There is an old Dr Dobbs article that mentions that the 3rd might be the key to keeping the government from installing mandatory software on our computers. A stretch, but don’t forget the intent of that amendment.
- tlrobinson 9y agoThere's also an argument that cryptography should be protected by the 2nd amendment (not to mention the 1st and 5th). For a long time the US government classified cryptography as "munitions" subject to export regulations (though not all "munitions" are "arms") https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_from_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_from_th...
- gnode 9y agoI don't believe that interpretation is a stretch at all. Griswold vs. Connecticut established that the 3rd amendment infers a right to privacy from the government in one's home.