With regard to that guy who gave his wipe password to the fuzz, and is now in legal trouble for doing it...
With regard to that guy who gave his wipe password to the fuzz, and is now in legal trouble for doing it... Source: https://www.theverge.com/report/972146/cbp-phone-search-airport-duress-password
With regard to that guy who gave his wipe password to the fuzz, and is now in legal trouble for doing it...
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With regard to that guy who gave his wipe password to the fuzz, and is now in legal trouble for doing it... Source: https://www.theverge.com/report/972146/cbp-phone-search-airport-duress-password
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Seems to me that it would make much more sense for the "safe/wipe" password to bring up a fake homescreen, with apps and personal docs and all, while doing the wiping in the background.
Not sure if this is implemented anywhere, but it certainly isn't the standard on GrapheneOS.
I realize that there are technical limitations at play. The phone needs to restart for a proper factory reset, but, in lieu of that, the wipe pw could prompt the quiet burning of all personal files that aren't hardlinked to the OS itself. If you can get rid of everything personal, then there's no reason for a factory reset at all, no? So, even better, as it leaves the cops none the wiser.
Story here: https://www.theverge.com/report/972146/cbp-phone-search-airport-duress-password
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Threat ID: 6a6b06399c2644c7f8c3dcc5
Added to database: 07/30/2026, 08:07:21 UTC
Last updated: 07/30/2026, 08:07:36 UTC
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