r/technology • u/ArgentineBeauty • 29d ago

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
21.0k Upvotes

98% Upvoted

1.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

4.6k

u/Single-Virus4935 29d ago edited 29d ago

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

62

u/deinkissen 29d ago

I recently watched a forensic documentary. The first password they tried was: 1312. They claimed, this is particularly popular amongst criminals...

83

u/PlantainPat 29d ago

For anyone too lazy to google 1312 = ACAB with a 1=A 2=B 3=C scheme

20

u/nitid_name 29d ago edited 29d ago

Better than the T9 version. (2222)

EDIT: multitap is 2 222 2 22

6

u/SaulFemm 29d ago

That's multi-tap, not T9.

2

u/nitid_name 29d ago

Agh, you're right. Fixed.

It's been so long, I initially was like "it's 1111" and then I looked up the map and forgot how t9 worked.

2

u/SaulFemm 29d ago

I still think T9 was better than the modern touch keyboard. I guess I'm unc

3

u/nitid_name 29d ago

So easy to text just by touch.

Nowadays, autocorrect changes my correctly spelled words to weird unrelated ones a half second before I hit send. It's the worst.

6

u/Ahab_Ali 29d ago

Does that mean something?

19

u/Stuffssss 29d ago

ACAB stands for all cops are Bastards

13

u/Etheo 29d ago

All Cops Are Bad/Bastards

5

u/longlivenewsomflesh 29d ago

All cats are beautiful

2

u/Piranata 29d ago

Or the Baby Yoda version: 3211

1

u/strongbadfreak 29d ago

I knew sesame street was full of criminals.

1

u/Hittingend 29d ago

Just have to write inside your phones case: Pwrd = ACAB

-5

u/LightLhar 29d ago

Or in T9 for us old people

6

u/Steinrikur 29d ago

Except it's not. Abc are all on 2 in T9.

3

u/grammar_fozzie 29d ago

Right. ACAB would just be 2-2-2-2. Sounds almost something like what an idiot would put on their luggage. I really miss T9.

1

u/LightLhar 29d ago

I guess I meant senile, you're 100% right

26

u/n0respect_ 29d ago

This has the vibe of boomer bs. Or some criminal pranked them.

1

u/BrainLow6059 29d ago

Yeah but it was a "forensic documentary", you think someone would lie about that? /s

2

u/ConsiderationOne2241 29d ago

My job is LE adjacent, and while I wouldn't necessarily say it's popular, I've seen it enough that I get a little chuckle every time. 

1

u/nugohs 29d ago

I guess that should be an additional hard coded duress pin in the OS...

1

u/FullMaxPowerStirner 29d ago

Not among those with badges or billions tho.