US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a 'duress' password during border search | TechCrunch
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A U.S. citizen has asked a court to throw out the government's claim that he gave over a passcode to border authorities that wiped his phone's data, opening up fresh questions about a person's constitutional rights at the U.S. border.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/49853131

Feels to me like GrapheneOS did exactly what it should, passing the US border test with flying colours!

Funny part about this lawsuit: “With a little planning ahead of time, you can always download the data you need once you get to where you’re going,”

  • obvs@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I don’t recommend a duress password of 1-1-1-1, because that could be set off accidentally.

    • Pika@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      9 hours ago

      that’s fair, I don’t know if graphene supports press enter to submit but, I usually have that setting enabled on my devices

      • Pika@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        9 hours ago

        that’s sort of the point of it being super basic. The intent is you want it to be tried before they somehow manage to get your actual pin, or give up and try to force you to provide it.

        if they put the pin in before you tell them a pin the argument for destroying evidence is weakened heavily as it isn’t a you initiated thing.