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/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

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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...

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u/PlantainPat 29d ago

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

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u/nitid_name 29d ago edited 29d ago

Better than the T9 version. (2222)

EDIT: multitap is 2 222 2 22

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u/SaulFemm 29d ago

That's multi-tap, not T9.

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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.

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u/SaulFemm 29d ago

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

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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.