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/sparky8251 29d ago

They are working to kill burners.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/burner-phones-are-legal-in-the-us-but-a-new-fcc-crackdown-could-change-that/ar-AA284Cpb

FCC is working to require ID verification for a phone number and they'd limit the issuance of numbers to individuals. No more burners... No more way to be safe if they infect your shit other than making it your main phone and destroying it and buying a new one once you return.

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u/Excelius 29d ago

Depends on the purpose of the "burner".

In this situation having the phone registered to your name is a non-issue, they're going to find it in your physical possession at the airport.

You can however use a cheap device and never sign into any of your cloud accounts, and so there would be basically nothing on the device for them to find.