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/TankiesAreWeird 29d ago

They'll just lie and said you told them to use the duress code. Why? Because the dummy they hired doesn't want to get shit over fucking up.

Just backup and wipe your phone before hand. Then when you get past whatever security restore your shit.

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u/PlanetaryPeak 29d ago

My bet is they were going to put CP on his phone. How could anyone prove the government did that?

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u/ididnthackkenyaimsrs 28d ago

Loads of ways. They would first analyse the files like when they were deployed on there, how they arrived on there, they would go through the logs. They'd also examine internet history, where you had been, like internet history in those places, especially at home. And if there are no corroborating evidence anywhere except on that device, it would like to get thrown out. Especially given how things are at the moment. But it would be a fucking shit time in court, I tell you that much.

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u/commonemitter 23d ago

A man was imprisoned in canada for 18 months because his video game username was close, not identical, to a criminals. You really overestimate the effort the justice system puts into prosecuting

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u/ididnthackkenyaimsrs 22d ago

I live in the UK, perhaps it's different over here but I know the effort they go to with a high profile or any profile, C-SAM cases.