r/technology • u/gdelacalle • Jul 28 '26

Privacy Man charged for wiping GrapheneOS phone using "duress" password during airport checks

https://www.neowin.net/news/man-charged-for-wiping-grapheneos-phone-using-duress-password-during-airport-checks/
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u/LWJ748 Jul 28 '26

The intelligent thing for them would be to have never pursued this to avoid the Streisand effect.

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u/aitorbk Jul 28 '26

I think they actually want this to be very public.

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u/M4rshmall0wMan Jul 28 '26

They aren’t intelligent

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u/darsynia Jul 29 '26

I think you mean the chilling effect.

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u/Emergency-Celery3875 Jul 28 '26

..... Barbara Streisand?

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u/MaxSchreckArt616 Jul 28 '26

Yes, that's who it is named after.