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US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone during border search
- irathernot 3mo ago[dead]
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- anigbrowl 3mo ago'allegedly' is superfluous here. It's unfortunate that editors have sacrificed literacy on the altar of legalism.
- thisislife2 3mo agoTechnically the phone isn't wiped - what GrapheneOS apparently does in this case is to delete just the encryption keys (deleting all the files would take too long). So, theoretically, the data can still be retrieved if the encryption keys are restored.
- tim-tday 3mo agoPretty sure this qualifies as destruction of data (at least it is a supported mechanism according to NIST data destruction guidelines.) I don’t have the link handy but I quick google should confirm
- tim-tday 3mo agoTechnically it was the agent putting in the duress password that erased the phone. The phone wouldn’t have been erased if it hadn’t been illegally searched.
- pbgcp2026 3mo agoDo. Not. Go. To. US. At all. (If you must – leave your gadgets at home.)
- akagusu 3mo agoUS is an authoritarian state now. People must to stop pretending it is not, and act accordingly.
- thisislife2 3mo agoDupe - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49024436 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49024436