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US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a 'duress' password during border search (techcrunch.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/49853131

Feels to me like GrapheneOS did exactly what it should, passing the US border test with flying colours!

Funny part about this lawsuit: “With a little planning ahead of time, you can always download the data you need once you get to where you’re going,”

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[–] volore@scribe.disroot.org 47 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (14 children)

I imagine the best duress PIN is something you'd actually see a "normal" person set as a PIN, like their birth year or something innocuous and easy to remember (and easily believed by whoever's demanding your PIN), while their real PIN would be longer or more abstract.

[–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Sounds dumb to give it out, but mine is my normal 8-digit pin, just backwards. It's easy to remember and seems like a legitimate PIN.

[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

that would throw me for a loop longer than I would like to admit, it took me like 10-15 seconds to process what mine would be backwards and mine is only 4 digits lmao

[–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

It may be an IT person thing but I like numbers lol.

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