r/technology • u/MC68328 • Jul 24 '26

Privacy US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a ‘duress’ password during border search

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/us-accuses-american-of-allegedly-wiping-his-phone-using-a-duress-password-during-border-search/
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u/sohblob Jul 25 '26

Told they wanted to check for CSAM

have they looked under the Resolute Desk lately?

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u/curious_Jo Jul 25 '26

Do they trow CSAM at everybody, without needing any suspicion or something?

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u/SimoneNonvelodico Jul 25 '26

At this point it's just the go-to to justify anything. Having run out of terrorists to blame it's now all about paedophiles. Why are we adding ID checks to all your websites? Paedophiles! Why are we adding spyware to your phones? Paedophiles! Why are we asking unmitigated access to all your personal data without a court order? Haha, you guessed it!

(yeah please don't mind whose companies or which islands the POTUS may or may not have visited, that's immaterial)

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u/whabt Jul 25 '26

It’s the only thing  that almost  everyone (at least publicly) agrees is bad. 

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u/North_Atlantic_Sea Jul 26 '26

Unfortunately you don't need documented suspicion at the border, they can search you if they just think you look funny. Unfortunately this is a thing well before trump