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Use of Duress Password to Wipe Phone at Border Lands Man in Court

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Today, 12:28 PM by Rich Brome @rbrome.bsky.social

The US Department of Justice is attempting to prosecute someone for giving border agents a "duress password" when they asked to search his phone. The duress password is a feature of the privacy-focused GrapheneOS that immediately wipes all data from the phone instead of unlocking it. GrapheneOS is an open-source project that aims to be Android-app-compatible and can be loaded onto certain Pixel phone models. The man, an Atlanta resident who had been vacationing in the Dominican Republic, was returning home when he was pulled aside for questioning at the Atlanta airport by Customs and Border Patrol agents. He had been placed on a terrorism watch-list for protesting the "Cop City" police training center in the Atlanta area. The Justice Department is basing its case on a law against destroying property to prevent it from being seized.

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