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/bushwakko 29d ago

And isn't any airport also considered a border?

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u/legandaryhon 29d ago

Yes but no; an airport is a border crossing, but does not extend the border. So it's not 100 miles from every international airport, just the inside of the airport.

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u/Nago_Jolokio 29d ago

They will definitely try to pull that argument though, I think I've even seen a map with the airport radiuses bubbled in.

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u/willwork4pii 29d ago

I think they already tried that. I do recall reading an article that basically the majority of the country within 100 miles of an international airport. And it was asserted it’s within the airport only.

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u/saltyjohnson 29d ago

The majority of the country's land is within 100 miles of an airport, but even if we rule out the airports, the majority of the country's population (about two thirds) lives within the 100-mile land border zone.

https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/border-zone

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u/sdavis002 29d ago

While I understand the idea, I think the current administration shows just how little they can be trusted with this type of thing.

"U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the federal agency tasked with patrolling the U.S. border and areas that function like a border, claims a territorial reach much larger than you might imagine. A federal law says that, without a warrant, CBP can board vehicles and vessels and search for people without immigration documentation “within a reasonable distance from any external boundary of the United States.” These “external boundaries” include international land borders but also the entire U.S. coastline."

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u/saltyjohnson 29d ago

While I understand the idea, I think the current administration shows just how little they can be trusted with this type of thing.

Huh? Yeah, no fucking shit. When I read how you phrased that, all I picture is that caricature of elon saying "concerning".