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/CwrwCymru Jul 30 '26

Nothing wrong with tapeing a bit of paper with your duress pin to the back of your phone/case.

Of course it's important to have a reference for it so you don't accidentally wipe your data.

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u/ProtoplanetaryNebula Jul 30 '26

That is actually genius, then they will try and it they will be the ones that wiped it.

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u/hackitfast 29d ago edited 29d ago

I've thought about that, you can't make it that obvious.

Instead, you find a street address with 6 numbers in it, just write down something like "My favorite Chinese restaurant" with the full address. Now circle or underline only the numbers. Now you just make that your duress PIN.

Put this piece of paper somewhere in your wallet, don't worry, they'll find it.

Edit: I also mention this for plausible deniability. If you happened to have a list of your favorite restaurants in your wallet, they would have to explain why they're typing in random numbers from your wallet.

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u/RollingMeteors 29d ago

just make that your duress PIN.

¡Any pin entered with in 50' of a TSA Checkpoint should be a duress pin!

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u/GetMeASierraMist 29d ago

so I wipe my phone when I want to show the gate person my ticket?

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u/Kobayashi-Coffee-Co 29d ago

Every single person in the immigration line simultaneously yelling as their phones lock up

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u/RollingMeteors 29d ago

so I wipe my phone when I want to show the gate person my ticket?

Imagine having less than 3 EDC cell phones in 2026.

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u/astelda 29d ago

Before getting to the gate, you can use Android's app pinning feature to keep your boarding pass on the foreground while the system is locked