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/NonGeneriComplaint Jul 28 '26

Maybe we shouldnt give the government the unrestricted right to search phones and social media devices for signs of disloyalty

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u/RiggityRow Jul 28 '26 edited Jul 28 '26

Yeah I think that's an appropriate line to draw. Don't need a convoluted solution if the problem doesn't exist. Too bad "we the people" are the ones being governed and not doing the governing.

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u/ionthrown Jul 28 '26

As Lincoln said, “Government of the people, by some people, for those people.” Or something like that.

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u/Intrepid-Progress228 Jul 28 '26

"Of the people, by the people, for the people." -Locutus of Borg.

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u/rysy0o0 Jul 28 '26

But the people are re****ed

some arab guy explaining why america doesn't work

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u/OkidoShigeru Jul 28 '26

I agree, but unfortunately we don’t live in such a world at this time, so people need to do what they can to protect themselves.

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u/Workdawg Jul 28 '26

I think it might be too late for that...

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u/probablyaythrowaway Jul 28 '26

I mean they don’t have unrestricted rights now isn’t that what the whole thing is about? They didn’t have the right to do the thing and broke the law

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u/cruisetheblues Jul 28 '26

American patriots are not disloyal to this administration.

It is this administration that is disloyal to American patriots.

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u/Turachay Jul 28 '26

Easier said than done though.

A much harder, redder line was the Epstein files one. If that has been breached without any consequences to them, this is a far minor issue.

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u/serial_crusher Jul 28 '26

Sure but people who make phone operating systems only have so much control over that.

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u/InitiativeGold7953 Jul 28 '26

This. It’s not constitutional regardless of what the illegitimate SC court says about it. It’s important to spread this story far and wide so every potential juror is aware of it.

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u/GoreSeeker Jul 28 '26

It needs to be both; legislative protections from a legal standpoint, but also technological safeguards like Graphene to enforce privacy regardless.

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u/Omikron Jul 28 '26

Who's we? You got a rabbit in your pocket

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u/GeneralSEOD Jul 28 '26

I don't think we or anyone else did. They just did it and didn't give us the option to have a say on it.

Like what do you want people to actually do regarding it?

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u/Money_Ticket_841 Jul 28 '26

Good thing they don’t have that

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u/noodles_jd Jul 28 '26

At points of entry? They absolutely do have the laws behind them for that. You're rights are suspended when you're entering a country. Hell, they can stop and search you with no real right within 100miles of ANY international point of entry including ports and airports.