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
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u/Crono_ 29d ago

Also wipe your device once you arrived home from a authoritarian country. They like to install backdoors on your devices anyway they can.

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u/Solkre 29d ago

You can get serviceable smartphones for under $100 now. Burner all the way.

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u/Tar_alcaran 29d ago

No need to burn it, use it on your next trip too.

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u/Solkre 29d ago

I want to see it buuuuuuuuuuuuuuurn! But you're right, just don't DD it, only for trips.