US prosecutors charge Atlanta man after GrapheneOS phone wipes itself during airport search
2026-07-27 02:41 UTC
cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1289238/us-prosecutors-charge-atlanta-man-after-grapheneos-phone-wipes-itself-during-airport-sea
Replies (3)
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@Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2026-07-27 03:13
A duress PIN should load a normal looking phone so the dumb cops think you complied. Hide the wipe behind texts from your mom and emails from work.
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@Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 2026-07-27 03:34
Interesting to see how this goes. he didn’t wipe it, the CBP officer did what evidence? Phones empty. um repeatedly denied a lawyer? Toss the case.
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@Brkdncr@lemmy.world 2026-07-27 03:38
How does this work: He’s not yet granted access to the US, so laws don’t apply to him. He destroyed evidence, so laws do apply to him. How can both of these statements exist at the same time? Why not just turn him away? Even if they turned him away, he could get back in line with his clean phone and give them a working password.