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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago

GrapheneOS duress PIN could land a man in prison

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GrapheneOS duress PIN could land a man in prison

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago

A US man is being prosecuted after allegedly using a GrapheneOS duress PIN to wipe his Pixel during a border search.

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Lol that’s just str8 false in this case, the stated purpose of the duress pin in the article is a system wipe, not plausible deniability.

So whoever has you under duress cannot steal your data

It’s not a ‘get out of duress free’-card

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