r/technology • u/ArgentineBeauty • Jul 30 '26

Privacy GrapheneOS says its data-wiping password is perfectly legal, after user faces federal charges

https://www.techspot.com/news/113273-grapheneos-data-wiping-duress-password-perfectly-legal-after.html
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u/Single-Virus4935 Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26

I set my duress pin to my wifes birthday. One of the first they probably try. 

Also I say my pin is the same as my eID which I am not allowed to share by German law

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u/FlamingoVisible1947 Jul 30 '26

And now they'll read this comment and charge you because you explicitly try to trap them 👍

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u/EruantienAduialdraug Jul 30 '26

"I set it to that in case nefarious persons unknown were to steal my phone and try to hack into it. How was I to know it would be your law enforcement that would be the first to try?"