I think the implication is that bypassing cert pinning could be considered a violation of the anti-circumvention provisions in the DMCA and WIPO Copyright Treaty, because it results in decryption of copyrighted content without the permission of the copyright owner.
IANAL, but in the US, at least, I think the exemptions for good-faith security research[1] would apply. Maybe even the reverse-engineering for interoperability language in the DMCA itself[2].
IANAL, but in the US, at least, I think the exemptions for good-faith security research[1] would apply. Maybe even the reverse-engineering for interoperability language in the DMCA itself[2].
[1] https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/10/28/2015-27...
[2] https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-105publ304/pdf/PLAW...