US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a 'duress' password during border search | TechCrunch
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A U.S. citizen has asked a court to throw out the government's claim that he gave over a passcode to border authorities that wiped his phone's data, opening up fresh questions about a person's constitutional rights at the U.S. border.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/49853131

Feels to me like GrapheneOS did exactly what it should, passing the US border test with flying colours!

Funny part about this lawsuit: “With a little planning ahead of time, you can always download the data you need once you get to where you’re going,”

  • db2@lemmy.worldEnglish
    431·
    3 days ago

    Good. Annoying to rebuild his phone, but better than handing it to fascists who don’t even have a lawful court order for it.

    • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20·
      3 days ago

      In all likelihood they kept his phone and will retain possession until charges are dismissed. Get a burner phone and wipe it before going through security. I assume if they see your phone is “fresh” they’ll take it on suspicion anyway.

    • ITGuyLevi@programming.devEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      Surely he was also using the built in backup feature, if he was he would have been able to grab another used Pixel, install GOS, then just recover from his backup (I haven’t tried the restore yet just because I’m lazy, fingers crossed it works).

    • tabular@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      2 days ago

      Would you want the phone back after it’s been in their hands? I wouldn’t trust them to leave it alone.