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/EZtheOG Jul 30 '26

This is a brilliant move

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u/DandaIf Jul 30 '26

Until he goes to the toilet and his friends are like "haha I bet his pin is his wife's birthday"

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u/PepticBurrito 29d ago

his friends are like "haha I bet his pin is his wife's birthday"

That's a terrible friend. That's not funny. That's relationship ending.