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,”

  • just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    8 hours ago

    Again…you can SEARCH all you want. Whether you find anything is not mandated.

    I’m not sure what’s so hard to understand about this.

    • chloroken@lemmy.mlEnglish
      11·
      39 minutes ago

      And if you destroy evidence during an official investigation, it’s tampering.

      I’m not sure why you’re so confidently wrong. It’s fucking embarrassing.

      • just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        21 minutes ago

        Did you read the article and the laws pertaining to data seizure at the border? Crossing the border doesn’t constitue an investing ANY kind, and also doesn’t suddenly conjure up some sort of suspicion that a crime is in progress or has been committed, meaning no pretense for charges because PERSONAL DATA was not seized. Good lawd.