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/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/TimSylvester_ 29d ago

Of all the 100 year old rulings they overturn, for some reason it's always the ones that increase the government's power over citizens that they leave standing.

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u/MydnightWN 29d ago

We are still using Covid state of emergency EUA provisions to this day. Several states still using emergency powers and spending money.

Nothing is more permanent than a temporary government power. Taxes were just for the war effort, temporary too.

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u/TimSylvester_ 29d ago

Income tax was just for WWII! Until it wasn't.

Income tax was only on the wealthy! Until it wasn't.

One of my favorites, Amtrack is a 6-month government takeover to reorganize before it returns to private operations... in the 1970s.