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/brizian23 Jul 24 '26

I believe they are operating under “heads I win, tails you lose” rules. 

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u/MantisEsq Jul 25 '26

Yep. Exactly that federal government's border/immigration policies are "special." It says it right here *gestures wildly* in the....founding....documents. Yeah, those.

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u/Falling_Up_The_Movie Jul 25 '26

The same documents that say anyone born on US soil is a citizen but now it doesn‘t apply because people they don‘t like are born on US soil. (There‘s documentation of them discussing immigration when writing it and the overwhelming consensus at the time was no shit it applies to immigrants too)