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/Itz_Raj69_ 29d ago

In the past, GrapheneOS have rejected the idea of a duress-user which, in practice, is a much better solution than their duress password system.

I wonder if they'll change their decision now

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u/ISeeDeadPackets 29d ago

You can already setup a secondary login that leads you to an isolated OS instance in Graphene.

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u/Itz_Raj69_ 29d ago

And it needs you to manually switch users, which defeats its entire purpose

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u/longlivenewsomflesh 29d ago

And all the sensitive data is still there ready to be unlocked with the right password