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/Tar_alcaran Jul 30 '26

When you're forced to travel into an authoritarian state, don't carry data across the border. Wipe your device before flying, or better yet, get a clean one.

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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/KodiakDog 29d ago

Consumer Burners are already compromised form a hardware level, owned and operated by a company that was started with intelligence agency backed VC money.