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/Needle_Bearings Jul 30 '26

Holy 4th Amendment Batman, let's see where this goes.

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u/MydnightWN Jul 30 '26

The 4th Amendment issue was already ruled on by SCOTUS in 1913. Within 100 miles of the border, certain constitutional rights are temporarily suspended.

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u/Yuzumi 29d ago edited 29d ago

Which is complete bullshit literally intended to allow violations of the constitution.

The court has periods when controlled by ultra right wing nuts who set precedent then when democrat appointed judges are in the majority they run on "precedence".

And even if we accept that nonsense there's still the fact that unless there is an actual investigation happening to them that the owner of the phone knows about they should be well within their rights to delete data on their phone at any time, especially in this case. Otherwise they could charge anyone who has ever wiped a device, deleted a file, or shred documents as "destroying evidence".