Post #4072035
2026-07-24 20:27 UTC
@smn@l3ib.org @evacide@hachyderm.io I'm hardly a legal expert, but I think it's fair to say that many things can be true at once, and they all contribute to various layers of a fucked up situation
1) if someone is planning to destroy potential evidence when faced with a search, that's planning to commit a crime regardless of circumstances and the legal system really doesn't care about your situation
2) warrantless searches are appalling
3) warrantless searches happen anyway, the legal system permits them, and pretending they don't is failure to plan ahead
4) regular people are not prepared for them because who the fuck has time to deal with that
5) goto 1
I really really doubt that deleting evidence would fly in court. It doesn't matter how fucked the circumstances are, that is still considered a crime
Also, who the fuck you think operates in a court of law? Might it be lawyers?
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@ahltorp@mastodon.nu 2026-07-24 21:21
@tehfishman@ioc.exchange @smn@l3ib.org What about a system where it's not destruction of evidence, but withholding? What if an interface is implemented similar to the SIM card PIN/PUK dual codes, where a duress code locks you out of the first level, requiring the PUK code, which you don't have on your person, and don't know? The evidence is still there, it can be accessed, but it requires a code that is somewhere else.
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@Iwillyeah@mastodon.ie 2026-07-24 22:44
@tehfishman@ioc.exchange @smn@l3ib.org @evacide@hachyderm.io deleting evidence presumably is only an issue if there has been a crime. Is there a crime being investigated here?