334
US prosecutors charge Atlanta man after GrapheneOS phone wipes itself during airport search
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2026
334 points (98.8% liked)
Technology
87649 readers
2831 users here now
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Our Rules
- Follow the lemmy.world rules.
- Only tech related news or articles.
- Be excellent to each other!
- Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
- Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
- Politics threads may be removed.
- No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
- Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
- Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
- Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.
Approved Bots
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
You are wrong, read the article.
I'm not wrong. Border guards do not need a search warrant. The law is very clear on this.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2232
I should’ve specified. I mean’t you are wrong on what he is being charged with, not that border patrol can search without warrants.
That's why I said (could be wrong) in brackets.
This guy is in a heap of trouble. He should have consulted a lawyer way before encountering border officials so he knew his rights and the law.