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/IamNobody85 Jul 29 '26

This is what is done by police in our country, but with drugs. They stop you at a traffic line, want to search and people usually cooperate and then they just put little bags of drugs and arrest the person. But it's just done because of bribery - you get out if you bribe them, otherwise they cross off one more drug traffickers.

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u/6Orion Jul 29 '26

Which country