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,”

  • badbytes@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Would be cool to have your device partitioned by separate passwords, so you could unlock a dummy system.

  • just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Perfectly legal. Unless they were legally charged and ordered by a court to preserve data considered to be used in a crime, they can’t be charged with shit. Cops don’t dictate this, courts do, AND that scope only applies to an active prosecution anyway.

    • Sinax@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Legality seems to be a fairytale concept in the USA, except for oligarchs. They get full legal coverage.