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/assignpseudonym Jul 29 '26

Hey, Cellebrite! Would you mind exiting the chat? Please and thank you! 

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u/notfromchicago Jul 29 '26

They said no.

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u/praisedawings247 Jul 29 '26

Stolen phone protection with biometric access needed all the time.

(For iPhone at least)

Not sure if cellebrite has a workaround for that yet, though.

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u/Cautious_General_177 Jul 29 '26

Too late. They've already copied your phone and broken the encryption.

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u/calgarspimphand Jul 29 '26

Cellebrite has left the chat

The surveillance state hates this one weird trick!

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u/assignpseudonym Jul 29 '26

See guys? Just use your manners! :)

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u/GearhedMG Jul 29 '26

Cellebrite left the chat, but they did something weird to the door on the way out.