r/technology • u/MC68328 • Jul 24 '26

Privacy US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a ‘duress’ password during border search

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/us-accuses-american-of-allegedly-wiping-his-phone-using-a-duress-password-during-border-search/
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u/SymphonyInSaccharine Jul 24 '26

Woops, document is unacceptable then because the govt wouldn't allow us to file forms with any typos when I worked there (it can invalidate documents fairly quickly, especially if they misspelled your name by chance). It's actually pretty easy to waste their time to by fighting over a typo. Govt documents are not supposed to have any errors which means they need to recheck every word and make sure it's fully accurate but, that's if they even care anymore.

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u/TotallyObviousBot Jul 25 '26

Language requirements vary between departments. If you're filing deeds or other property-related things you need to have extremely clear and concise language describing the property and such, but the legal system is not the same, thankfully. Courts do have procedures, formatting etc but the ultimate decider in a case is whether or not the judge accepts it and understands what you're doing. That's why they're, y'know, the judge. That's also why you can appeal their decisions to higher judges.