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This case highlights the legal and technical implications of privacy-preserving software features like GrapheneOS's "duress" passwords when encountered during border searches. It underscores a critical tension between emerging anti-surveillance technologies in mobile operating systems and existing government authority at U.S. borders, raising significant questions about digital rights for citizens returning from abroad.
US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a ‘duress’ password during border search
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.
The U.S. Justice Department is prosecuting an American for allegedly providing U.S. border authorities with a passcode that wiped the contents of his phone, according to an indictment and media reports. This is thought to be the first known case in the United States where federal prosecutors have charged someone for the alleged destruction of data using a so-called “duress” password built into a phone’s software. According to The Guardian, which covered the story earlier this week following the court’s…
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