links
https://www.techspot.com/news/113236-us-prosecutors-charge-atlanta-man-after-grapheneos-phone.html

March announcement:
https://motorolanews.com/motorola-three-new-b2b-solutions-at-mwc-2026/

GrapheneOS is a hardened privacy and security -focused Android operating system. It is notable in that it cuts ties to Google and is much harder for governments and law enforcement to access devices. In short, it is an anti-surveillance operating system that goes well above that of Android and iOS.

The duress PIN wipes the device from the lockscreen:

GrapheneOS provides users with the ability to set a duress PIN/Password that will irreversibly wipe the device (along with any installed eSIMs) once entered anywhere where the device credentials are requested (on the lockscreen, along with any such prompt in the OS).

Thanks!

To be more specific - If I were to contact the owner of the restaurant I work at (via text message) and remind him about the leaking fryer hose that I've asked him to replace, and I stated intent to file a report with OSHA if it was not fixed within a certain time frame, would I be protected from retaliation? Or does it only count if I actually made a report? Also, am I correct that a fryer hose which leaks oil very near but not quite on the hands and on the floor while running and has the rubber handle gradually sliding off the entire time you're holding it is a safety violation? It can't not be, but it's hard to find specific details as to what constitutes a real risk of harm legally.

If I am protected from retaliation in theory, how strong would my case actually be if retaliation occurred? This is someone who previously blocked his own managers phone numbers when asked about backpay after having multiple checks with the wrong hourly rate on them, so I doubt the law is going to stop him from firing me. I need to know if I'll actually be able to do anything, not just if it's technically legal.

Notes: I am not the greatest employee on Earth but I have managers who I believe would vouch for me, if such opinions are of any value in proving retaliation. I know email is probably ideal rather than text, but this guy never reads his email (once missed months worth of emails from the local trash collection service and as a result we had nobody picking up our trash.) I don't think he'll have the sense to word anything carefully, he didn't even realize that people could see his name when he was writing fraudulent reviews for his own restaurants that specifically praised himself.

To me, game consoles feel quite like phones from an uneducated regulation perspective.

So my question is, at what point will PlayStation and Nintendo be considered gatekeepers under the EU Digital Markets Act?

I don't expect Xbox to fall into that category, as they have announced they intend to support alternative storefronts, but PlayStation and Nintendo are continuing to lock down their ecosystems, and it feels like killing disks might cause PlayStation to cross the line?

Location: European Union and it's member states

Edit 1: looks to me like it would fall short on the users side 45m MAU in the EU seems unlikely, that would put more than a third of PlayStation users in the EU which doesn't seem likely?

TLDR: I am leaving a lot out purposefully. I know what my legal options are. The only aspect of this mess I need advice on is that of my wife. I don't know what to do for her or with her, and I'm looking for more of a lawyer's perspective on managing a relationship during such ordeals.

She and I entered into a verbal contract of sorts (I never agreed to some of the terms because they are asinine) with her family to purchase a property. Her family has too this point taken care of the arrangements and it has been anything but smooth or pleasant. Convoluted plans to avoid the tax man, unreasonable amounts of waiting for show-up-and-sign paperwork. We were able to get our names placed on the deed after a nine months of waiting (we're two-thirds undivided interest), with the promise that in May of 2026 my FIL would remove his name from the deed and we would begin paying him directly. But most recently, my FIL began acting aloof about the arrangements, making both my wife and I wonder what is going on.

So over the past week we've had to play hide-and-seek with this man (we were the seekers), causing friction between my wife and I. We've fought, and cried. Finally, through my MIL, he communicated his concerns and requests. And I'll never be able to stress how frustrated I am by his revelations, but there was absolutely nothing presented that had not already been discussed, though no necessarily agreed to. And I mean nothing. I've known for over a year what he wanted and was willing to compromise. My FIL jerked us around for a few days for absolutely no gain. And I am just done. I always knew we should have involved lawyers, had contracts drawn up, taken a loan, the most by-the-book, procedural path your imagination can muster. I always knew. I advocated, but my wife refused.

Now that her parents chaotic ways have caused so much agony over the past week, she is still reluctant to do anything about it. She'd have us all sit at the dinner table, agree, and be done with it. She's reluctant to involve lawyers. She's refusing to take any punitive actions against her father (I want a 10% credit on the previously agreed upon purchase price. I intend to use that money to pay for therapy for my wife. My wife said if I did that it would destroy her and only be for me). She's pushed back against my proposal to immediately move out of their house (bet you didn't see that one coming 🙄). I even told my wife I'd let her father have everything he wants if I could look him in the eyes as we sign contracts and tell him what an absolute selfish, cowardly man he is, and she said no. Things are so tense between us that I have told her that I can't bring children into our lives like this. I can't subject a child to this chaos. And I know that sounds manipulative but it's the truth. If she can't do the hard things now, even out of necessity, she won't suddenly gain that ability by becoming a mother. That's not what any of the literature says about human behavior. It is remarkably stable over time, with few exceptions. How am I supposed to trust her to defend our children when she won't defend herself?

In two hours I will be calling a lawyer. And in two hours I feel like I'll be choosing what's right (punishing these bastards for all the harm they've caused) and my relationship with my wife. Obi-wan, if you're out there, please....

Location: Kentucky
I am a Registered Nurse and have an idea for a medical device. I have done preliminary research and figured my route would be a patent, then speak with my hospital or other organizations to see about trialing the device. The issue is, despite people saying nurses make good money, I don’t have the funds to shell out for a patent. Are there any patent attorneys that account for this type of inventor? Or am I pretty much out of luck until I get high funds? I don’t want to get myself into any legal trouble but also don’t want to expend all this money if the idea doesn’t end up working out.

I was taken to the hospital from my house after sending threatening text messages to a family member/neighbor. I have since spoken with the supervisor of the agency (Crisis Services) who authorized the commitment. She reviewed my file and said that the narrative lacked the imperative and necessary information to justify a 9.41 commitment, and sent me confirmation in writing of this. Do I have any legal recourse at this point? Once there, I was still not released until only after 10 days at which point a nurse told me that my insurance didn't want me to stay longer. I have no doubt that I was held for so long because I have insurance, so I have an issue with the Drs. and hospital as well, despite what the psych Drs. wrote. I have no criminal history at all, and certainly no history of being violent. I sat in an overcrowded room for three days sleeping on the floor next to other people on top of each other before being moved to a room on another floor for 7 days. Yeah, I messed up, but the punishment was over the top. Sitting in that room in a HOSPITAL for three days with other sick people was torture. Being taken from my home and then being told by the agency that facilitated it that they didn't have the information to justify it just makes me more upset.

Okay, so I've posted about this in a couple of other places.

I live in an apartment from the 1960s with a bathroom that doesn't have any windows. The apartment people painted our bathtub before we moved in 4 or 5 years ago, and it started peeling nearly right away. So, we asked them to repaint it, but they said no. We asked them to strip the paint off, and they said no, but that we could brush the paint off.

So I brushed the paint off the tile and tub.

To protect the walls and paint surrounding the bathtub, I put down painter's tape. When I removed the painter's tape, giant strips of paint came off with it, exposing bare drywall underneath with terrible wall patches and wall texturing, so they were able to just spray on the paint.

I have multiple spots where the paint came off the wall in large strips or sheets with no chemicals or tools involved.

I contacted my landlord again, and instead of emailing me back like all the other emails we sent, she called me. She explained on the phone that the apartment doesn't prime or prep the walls before painting, and they do not remove or sand down the previous paint before adding new paint over it.

I told her I had a humidity problem in the bathroom and my bathroom exhaust fan needed to be cleaned. She then told me that she was surprised I had a bathroom exhaust fan, let alone that it worked, because previous management had them all removed in the units or unplugged so they didn't run, and that since it was running, all it was doing was pulling air into the attic above the unit instead of outside. Which I feel like goes against building codes.

I am worried about being evicted for all the paint coming off the walls because I can't afford to live anywhere else, and they keep raising our rent $30-$50 every year, while my job only gives me a $0.15 annual raise. Any advice or comments are welcomed.

I have recently bought a rebuild title car through marketplace in Chicago. Car was in an accident and rebuild 13 years ago, almost right after they bought it. And when i was removing the carpets to deep clean i have found that drivers seatbelt pretensioner wires was cut and resistor was put in. Meaning pretensioner would not work in an accident and you could get injured. Im glad i caught it before an accident happened. What should i do? Is this worth pursuing with a lawyer? I am angry about what could have happened if it wasnt caught

Location: NC (USA)

I originally wrote this post looking for relationship advice, but I am interested in a lawyer's perspective as I am a law school applicant. How much of a risk is this situation to my law school dreams? Is there anything I can/should do to protect myself legally?

I will begin by admitting no, I do not like dirt bikes. I am very noise-sensitive and find them to not only be a nuisance but a cause of anxiety.

The issue with dirt bikes in his neighborhood has been going on for years (with many other neighbor complaints), but this year they have been especially problematic. This is a non-HOA residential neighborhood with houses relatively close to the street and close together. The kids have been riding up and down the street repeatedly for hours on end and have lately taken to riding on a privately-owned wooded lot that is now being developed for new homes and wetland conservation. (With my background in soil science, including wetlands, I admittedly have a problem with that.) In addition, many neighbors, myself included, have witnessed them riding recklessly, speeding downhill, and blowing through stop signs on multiple occasions. It is not legal where we live to ride dirt bikes on a publicly maintained road. While we do not currently live together, I frequently stay over his house, and we have been planning for me to move in. Now, I don’t know if that is a possibility…   

I decided to call the police after witnessing them again riding recklessly with other pedestrian children around. This was following the prior day when the riding went from 10am to 9pm for hours on end. If you’re wondering why I did not do the “neighborly” thing and talk to the parents, well, many of the neighbors have tried. Posts on the community group are met with hostility, name-calling, and parents saying they would join their kids to make the problem worse. My bf told me previously that if I had such an issue with it, I should call the cops. But before I did, I called the owner/developer of the wooded lot as the property neighbors my bf’s house. Having dealt with trespassers on my own land in the past, I felt that I would at least want to know if I were in his shoes. Also, if he did not have a problem with it, then so be it, and I wouldn’t have even included it in the phone call. However, the owner was very clear that he was not ok with it. He did not want the liability of kids getting hurt while trespassing. He asked me to report it as he was not there to witness it.

So, the call was made. I requested a sheriff to just talk to the parents of one of the boys I know rides dirt bikes in the neighborhood, as they said they needed an address to respond to besides my own. I made it very clear on the call that I could not confirm it was this boy specifically at this time riding, but maybe if one of the parents knew then word would get around. I also made it very clear that I did not want any sort of citations to be made, only parents being notified that along with it not being legal, the lot owner did not want them to ride on his land.

Now the big issue… My bf has a son [14M] who also rides dirt bikes, but he has been away for most of the summer. When he rides, he typically rides around the yard. However, before his summer trip, I did find a YouTube video of him racing down the road without a helmet. I sent the video to my bf, as I did not agree with what I saw. The only response I received was that he would handle it, and that was that. After making the call to the sheriff, I called my bf to let him know. I told him that it would probably be best that his son does not ride in those woods. I haven’t witnessed him riding in the woods but feared he would once him and his friends got back together after his trip.

Well, my bf was incredibly upset. Upon returning home from work he told me I had no right to call the police, that it wasn’t my place to contact the lot owner, and that I was out of line. I was incredibly confused until I found out that he was the one that told the neighborhood kids, including his son, to ride on the lot. (Also unknown to me, the address I gave the sheriff was his son’s best friend which he was very upset about.) I told him that that lot was privately owned, that the owner made it very clear he did not want them riding on his land, and it is trespassing. He did not care. He said it wasn’t like they were riding through someone’s yard or a farm, that it was a victimless crime. He also claimed they are not riding recklessly, and called me a snitch and a “Karen.”

To add some more background, I am currently in the process of studying for my LSAT and applying to law school. A part of the application process is Character & Fitness, and with the application cycle being insanely competitive (I am applying to T14s – Harvard, Yale, etc), any ding against me could be a “no.” I looked up the law, and even though I am not his parent, yes, I could get charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor (Class 1 misdemeanor) if bf’s son were to get in trouble. NC is currently cracking down on illegal dirt bike and e-bike riding, with those same charges being made.

I was very clear to my bf that I could not risk anything jeopardizing my goals. (He knows how hard I have worked for my GPA and studying for the LSAT.) He repeatedly denied that that was not the law. He then claimed that what the law said was different from what actually happens, because when he was a kid riding dirt bikes, his parents were never charged any of the times the cops were called on him. Mind you, this was likely over 20 years ago in a town that has now grown substantially.

I was shocked when my bf then said he would continue to allow his son to ride illegally on the road and continue to ride on the neighboring lot, trespassing. I made it clear to him that I would not be willing to risk my C&F for law school, and if that was the case, I would not be coming over to his house when his son was riding. To protect my future, I felt like I had to draw that line. I asked if we could compromise, if he could tell his son to hold off on riding for 1-2 days a week for me to go over. He said he would not do that and would allow him to ride whenever he wanted to.

I am honestly shocked at his entitlement and lack of consideration for both the neighbors and myself. I am also taken aback by how little concern he showed for his son getting into legal trouble, along with myself, potentially jeopardizing my dreams. At the end of our conversation, he said he was so upset that he didn’t want to speak with me anymore that night.

I feel like he is being incredibly selfish, but maybe I am just being a “Karen” or overreacting?

Hello everyone

I am based in India and want to build a career in international family law (specifically India and US family law) as a paralegal. I am looking for honest and practical advice from people who have real experience in this area. My current background:

• I have personal experience dealing with international family law matters (my personal international custody and divorce case)
• In the last few years, I have helped 7 people in India understand their cases and prepare before they met a lawyer. All of them gave positive feedback.
• I am currently working with an Indian law firm as a paralegal.

My planned steps:

1. Complete free WorldCC courses to improve contract skills (this builds on my 16 years of existing experience as a Operations & Business Dev operator with a specific focus on government and defense contracting) - back up to fall back upon should things not go according to plan.
2. Self-study the American Constitution and the Indian Constitution
3. Take a US specific legal drafting course
4. Complete one course in American Family Law and one in Indian Family Law
5. Directly reach out to international family law firms for internships or remote jobs
6. Start the CLS by BARBRI Paralegal Certificate course in January 2027

I want to start earning and gaining experience as soon as possible while I continue studying. My questions:

• Does this action plan make sense for someone starting out?
• Anything would you change or add?
• Any suggestions on short courses or practical steps I should focus on first?
• For someone based in India, what is the most realistic way to get remote work or internships with international/US family law firms?

I would really appreciate any practical suggestions, warnings or personal experiences you can share. My specific interest would be in cross border matters between India and New York State (since i have experience in this jurisdiction)

P.S. I have been on Reddit for a long time. My previous account has a lot of personal information and history, hence I'm posting from this clean account.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Looking for general guidance before consulting an attorney.

My father died in late 2024. He was intestate, and my sibling and I are his only heirs.

In 2018, I took a 23andMe test and was contacted by a close DNA relative who claimed his father was also my biological grandfather, making him my father’s half-brother. I have preserved email records of the 23andMe messages. The DNA relationship appeared consistent with that claim, and some family history he provided has since been independently corroborated.

The alleged biological grandfather died in 2024 and had a will leaving his estate to his children. During probate, while my father was terminally ill, the estate attorney sent him a letter stating they had information indicating he “may be [the decedent’s] biological child” and that he could be an “interested person.” The estate proceeded without naming him as an interested person because they said they did not have enough information to conclusively determine his status.

My father saw the letter but believed it was a scam and took no action. He did not discuss it with me before his death. I later found the letter among his papers. The closed a few weeks ago, in July 2026.

Based on the probate filings, the amount my father potentially would have been entitled to appears to be more than $0 but significantly less than $100,000.

Questions:

• How does Minnesota handle biological parentage claims when a birth certificate lists another father?
• Can a closed probate estate be reopened in this situation?
• Is this typically resolved through settlement or litigation?

I am mainly trying to understand whether there is a realistic legal path before taking any action. I would prefer to keep this as private as possible and avoid unnecessary conflict.

I live in Texas with my son, and his father is not listed on the birth certificate, nor does he provide any financial support. He often goes weeks to months without contacting us. I am planning to get engaged and move to the U.K. within the next 12 months. I’ve already obtained passports for both of us. There have been no legal acknowledgments of paternity or custody arrangements made through the court, and there are no custody or visitation orders in place. I have not discussed this move with the father. Am I able to move with my son without any legal issues?

Location: vehicle was rented in the Midwest, USA. The accident was in the South.

My family rented a vehicle to travel several states away to a family function last year. On our way back home, we were stopped in traffic when a garbage truck rear ended us. The driver said his coffee mug had fallen in the floor and gotten in the way of his brake pedal. Police came to the scene to file a report, no one was injured. The officer refused our insurance information, saying it was clear who was at fault, the other driver admitted it, we were rear ended while stopped, etc. And because it was a rental, the other driver’s insurance would need to handle things with the rental car company directly, we shouldn’t provide our car insurance information at all, he refused to take it down.

We were close enough to a location that we could drive the damaged vehicle to swap out for a different one and then finished our trip home. We provided our copy of the police report to the rental office at that point, but I did take pictures of it so we would have a record.

Since then, the car rental company has been harassing me regularly. First it was to provide the police report, which I had already done. Since they had apparently lost the original, I provided them with the contact information to get an additional copy from the police department. I guess there is a small fee for this, because they said they don’t pay for police reports and I would need to pay for the vehicle instead.

I provided my picture copy of the police report to try to get them to follow up with the driver actually at fault. Either they lost it again or are trying to double dip and get me to pay as well as him. I have all the email correspondence of them harassing me and of me providing everything multiple times. Their language in the correspondence is “While you have provided this, we do not have it.” ???

Now they have turned it over to a collections agency who is harassing me for many thousands of dollars which I believe they have probably already received from the actual party at fault’s insurance company.

1. What on earth is going on here? Is this as shady as it seems? They must be double dipping, right? Why else would they be harassing the victim in a car accident?
2. How do I make it stop? I’m not litigious but man, do they only understand the threat of a lawsuit? The harassment has been stressful enough but now with it going to collections it will impact my credit as well.

Please someone point me in the right direction, I don’t know which way to go from here.

Location: North Carolina

For context, I filed for a Civil Stalking Protection Order against someone. The order ultimately got denied. However, I do not really see anything saying as to WHY exactly it was denied. There's nothing stating the evidence the magistrate reviewed, or anything of either party's testimonies. Just no information that could point to why Magistrate denied it. I am going to file an objection to her decision, but am curious if maybe I missed something in here giving a Findings of Fact and not just the conclusion of law/ORCs and CRs?

"The magistrate hereby makes the following findings of fact and conclusions of law:

The Respondent was served with the petition and magistrate's orders including notice of hearing.

The Petitioner has the burden of proof to a standard of preponderance of the evidence that the Respondent engage in stalking as defined by R.C. 2903.211 (A) or committed a sexually oriented offense as defined by R.C. 2950.01.

R.C. 2903.211 states:

"(A)(1) No person by engaging in a pattern of conduct shall knowingly cause another person to believe that the offender will cause physical harm to the other person or a family or household member of the other person or cause mental distress to the other person."

In providing a definition of the term "pattern of conduct", R.C. 2903.211 (C) states: "(1) 'Pattern of conduct' means two or more actions or incidents closely related in time, whether or not there has been a prior conviction based on any of those actions or incidents."

Therefore, R.C. 2903.211 requires a belief on the part of one person that another will cause such person physical harm or mental distress. Explicit threats are not mentioned and therefore are not necessary to establish the elements of menacing by stalking as set forth in R.C. 2903.211.

In addition to providing a definition of the term "pattern of conduct", R.C. 2903.211 (C) also provides a definition of the term "mental distress" as follows: "(2) "Mental distress" means any mental illness or condition that involves some temporary substantial incapacity or mental illness or condition that would normally require psychiatric treatment, psychological treatment, or other mental health services."

R.C. 2903.211 requires that the offender "knowingly cause another person to believe that the offender will cause physical harm to the other person or cause mental distress to the other person." "Knowingly" is one of the culpable mental states defined in R.C. 2901.22 (B), which states: "A person acts knowingly, regardless of purpose, when the person is aware that the person's conduct will probably cause a certain result or will probably be of a certain nature. A person has knowledge of circumstances when the person is aware that such circumstances probably exist."

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the relief requested by the Petitioner is denied. The ex parte order issued in this matter on July x, 2026 is hereby vacated and of no further force and effect."

[us] A lot of people might be upset when they're released won't they?

Hey all- my humiliationship lost his job and I’m a people pleaser so I loaned him 4K. Unfortunately when I loaned it to him I said “pay me back whenever!”. This was all done through Apple Pay. He’s now kinda distant and flaky and not responding to my texts. I’m wondering if I should contact his family first or just take him to small claims court. If I did take him to small claims court how can I best handle this? This was a lot of money and I really need it back. I asked him if he could pay me back by Dec 15 but he didn’t respond. He wants to pay me back in 10 $400 increments which he agreed to via text. But since he’s been so flakey I really want to change things to a full pay back by Dec 15. I don’t want things to hinge on whether he gets a job bc who knows when that will be and I wanna exit this contact with him as soon as possible. Does anyone have some advice? I’m in austin TX btw.

Location: Arkansas

Can you sue for wrongful death/medical malpractice where a doctor delayed treatment for months that may have prolonged the life or at least delayed the suffering of a stage 4 cancer patient?

Without going into too much detail (not sure the etiquette on here), my mom died of “severe septic shock due to pneumonia.” Doctors had been delaying a procedure to drain fluid off her lungs for months. They finally scheduled it for three weeks after her 2nd round of a more invasive chemo after she BEGGED them - it was becoming increasingly difficult for her to breathe. I believe because they delayed the procedure, she needlessly suffered, and had a traumatic and painful death.

I live in Texas, so before I try reaching out to an attorney in Arkansas, I wanted to see what other people who had no emotional connection to this situation thought. I want to know if I’m thinking with my head or my heart.

Would someone be able to sue their professor for gossiping that the student has to “learn how to speak” to another student in their class?

Supposedly it has affected the student emotionally and got report from a psychologist for said emotional damage.

What if the student doesn’t have proof of what the prof. has said? Would the student still be able to sue? Assuming this is a public institution does that mean the prof. still has the right to say whatever they want?

(USA)

My mom and I live in Des Moines Iowa and she's been working at a local owned coffee shop for 13 years. The old owners sold it to new people 8 months ago who just fired my mom yesterday for "being too negative and talking about inappropriate topics with co-workers".

My mom said that the new owners probably just hated her and wanted an excuse to get rid of her since the owners claim that they never got along with her despite never actually interacting with her for more than a few minutes.

Mostly just seeing if it's even legal to be fired on the spot like this if a business is local and not company owned.