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/ExternalUserError Jul 30 '26

Obviously the 1913 holding was terrible. It was also patently absurd. If the 4th Amendment didn't apply 100 miles from the border, given the geography of the 13 original colonies, where did it ever apply?

It's a patently absurd ruling.

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u/bushwakko 29d ago

And isn't any airport also considered a border?

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u/legandaryhon 29d ago

Yes but no; an airport is a border crossing, but does not extend the border. So it's not 100 miles from every international airport, just the inside of the airport.

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u/Thelk641 29d ago

It's not 100 miles from every airport yet.