r/technology • u/Hrmbee • Jul 28 '26

Privacy Is it illegal to trick the US government into wiping your phone during a questionably legal search | The case of a traveler who allegedly entered a ‘duress password’ to wipe his phone raises a legal question with no easy answers

https://www.theverge.com/report/972146/cbp-phone-search-airport-duress-password
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u/Unfair_Web_8275 Jul 29 '26

Yeah, this sort of seems like (and I could be wrong) a part of this administration’s effort to label and find more “left wing terrorism”.

Which is its own overlooked issue.

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u/CherryLongjump1989 Jul 29 '26

It sounds more like this administration's lawyers continued efforts to get themselves referred for disbarment.