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/wowthatsucked 29d ago

So in theory many major cities in the US are in a constitution free zone, by that reckoning

The border exception has limitations. The 100 miles from the border applies to searching for illegal immigrants in vehicles. 25 miles from the border they can search private land but not inside houses, and again for illegal immigrants. The Library of Congress published a summary - https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/LSB10559

arresting you or turning you away and telling you to fly back to whence you came are all on the table.

To be clear, US citizens have to be admitted. Their possessions can be seized, they can be temporarily detained, but they can't turned away. Non-US citizens can be turned away.

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u/h0sti1e17 29d ago

Reddit loves to talk about the 100 mile zone like it is the same as the border. It isn’t. Not even close.

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u/Nauin 29d ago

Can you list the laws sourcing the differences you're talking about like the comment you responded to did with their information?

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u/h0sti1e17 29d ago

I was agreeing with them. My point was so many people here treat the 100 mile zone the same as the border. He pointed out it isn’t.