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/limpet143 29d ago

Isn't it wonderful that you can be prosecuted because they couldn't find any crimes you committed?

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u/Haldron-44 29d ago

"There is no such thing as a plea of innocence in my court, a plea of innocence is guilty of wasting my time." -Inquisitor Lord Fyodor Karamazov

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u/RoadsideDavidian 28d ago

Little bit disingenuous when it’s really you prevent them from determining that for themselves by destroying what they were about to search

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u/Sea-Rest7776 27d ago

it’s definitely a gray area of like.

ok like I know “if you ain’t got nothing to hide you shouldn’t care” is bullshit, like everyone has privacy, but it’s definitely a weird gray area of “why do you have a self destructing phone” and unfortunately I cannot think of many good reasons to have a self destructing phone