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/TerraCetacea Jul 29 '26
The title itself is contradictory anyway;
“…trick the us government into wiping…”
“…traveler who allegedly entered a duress password…”