US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during airport search
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IF (extremely huge "if") I ever go to the US, it will be without a phone. I'll just bring a meshcore device for me and whoever accompanies me and a digital camera (thoroughly wiped before going there). I'll add some laptop or handheld (a wiped steam deck could be perfect) just in case I need internet access for something like my bank, but in absolutely no way I'm travelling there with my phone or any kind of personal device that has the slightest portion of my personal data for an asshole to try and find it.
So the issue is that he entered a code that wiped his data, but what is he entered a code that opened a dummy profile?
Wipe the original data but inject some dummy data instead so it doesnt “look” wiped.
Actually brilliant idea IMO
The officer typed the code. Prison seems a bit much, but I do hope he looses his job and has to pay compensation to the victim
Pretty sure you have to be under arrest for them to be allowed to conduct a search off your person, and have a warrant for them to search the phone.
The 4th amendment is largely suspended at international border crossings. It's a travesty. This has been steadily built in supreme court rulings since 1925, but a 1977 ruling says the searches are inherently reasonable because they occur at the border. No probable cause or warrant is required.
If you really want to be depressed, Google "4th amendment free zones" which essentially means this doctrine applies within 100 air miles of an international border crossing.
Which of course is almost nearly everywhere in the United States at this point since I think most states have an international airport
Article says he asked for a lawyer 4 times, got none.
Also I'd love to get the audio/video feed of the interaction. I imagine bullet-head cop holding the phone and demanding "the passcode"
"Passcode for you is 3475417, pig"
Not at points of entry or border regions :(