@six_grandfathers_mountain@mastodon.social

Post #4353716

2026-08-03 11:03 UTC

@tranquil_cassowary@infosec.exchange @pierre_pebble@mastodon.ie @404mediaco@mastodon.social RE It doesn't do any "bricking". Idk if you mean something else Oh, that's right‼️ The phone opened with the "special" PIN just loads a basic Android OS to keep the phone in a private temp mode Later the owner just uses the REAL PIN This "dual boot" system should be on ALL phones, 😀

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@pierre_pebble@mastodon.ie 2026-08-03 11:15

@six_grandfathers_mountain@mastodon.social @tranquil_cassowary@infosec.exchange @404mediaco@mastodon.social Not quite. The duress pin wipes the phone's data, and gets back to a clean GrapheneOS install. It's not bricked, but it is unrecoverable.

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@tranquil_cassowary@infosec.exchange 2026-08-03 12:04

@six_grandfathers_mountain@mastodon.social @pierre_pebble@mastodon.ie @404mediaco@mastodon.social See further down this thread for accurate info about how durress works. I stilk have a question about this post specifically, if you don't mind. Based on whay source did you conclude that this is how it works? Its interesting to know if there is a source with inaccurate info or if you just misinterpreted something which was accurately explained.

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