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US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a 'duress' password during border search (techcrunch.com)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] 85 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Good. Annoying to rebuild his phone, but better than handing it to fascists who don't even have a lawful court order for it.

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  • [–] 40 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    In all likelihood they kept his phone and will retain possession until charges are dismissed. Get a burner phone and wipe it before going through security. I assume if they see your phone is "fresh" they'll take it on suspicion anyway.

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  • [–] 28 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    Would you want the phone back after it's been in their hands? I wouldn't trust them to leave it alone.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    GOS has boot attestation. But yeah, if I would travel to the US (I will no longer do that) I would bring a sacrificial device.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    Surely he was also using the built in backup feature, if he was he would have been able to grab another used Pixel, install GOS, then just recover from his backup (I haven't tried the restore yet just because I'm lazy, fingers crossed it works).

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