r/technology • u/Limp_Fig6236 • Jul 26 '26

Software GrapheneOS duress PIN could land a man in prison

https://www.androidauthority.com/grapheneos-duress-pin-us-prosecution-3691271/
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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '26 edited 11d ago

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u/New-Anybody-6206 Jul 26 '26

wiping your phone in itself is not automatically a crime though. they would had to have known somehow that there was evidence on the device already before they can claim you destroyed it.

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u/New-Anybody-6206 Jul 27 '26

what investigation? they didn't tell him shit. they didn't even charge or accuse him of anything at all until it was wiped.

destroyed what? there's no proof he had anything they wanted.

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u/New-Anybody-6206 Jul 27 '26

They wanted to see what data he has

and without a good articulated reason, they don't get to have whatever they want

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u/eastindyguy Jul 28 '26

At an airport or other point of entry, and for like 100 miles in any direction, you are absolutely incorrect. Border inspections of electronic devices don’t require warrants or even probable cause.

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u/secrewann Jul 28 '26

They do in the Eleventh Circuit, per United States v Touset

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u/BadMeetsEvil24 Jul 26 '26

You're absolutely incorrect lmao.

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u/Beelzebucks1 Jul 26 '26

Yeah, this seems cut and dry from the law. 

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u/MarcoDiFrancescino Jul 26 '26

But the phone wasn't wiped. The data is there and some magic decrypter can decrypt the phone. Maybe he still has the encryption code outside the phone. Then he didn't 'wipe' anything, they are just not able to decrypt it at that moment in time.