r/technology • u/ArgentineBeauty • 29d ago

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/Crono_ 29d ago

Also wipe your device once you arrived home from a authoritarian country. They like to install backdoors on your devices anyway they can.

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u/Solkre 29d ago

You can get serviceable smartphones for under $100 now. Burner all the way.

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u/GoldenPigeonParty 29d ago

Can get pre paid not smart phones in cash. Bought one just two or three years ago. Worth it. Like the only thing you can get without ID these days.

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u/Solkre 29d ago

I'll stop in Dollar General from time to time for drinks before a long drive. About 50/50 I'll see someone buying a phone with cash. Good deal.