A first-of-its-kind case could reshape digital privacy and border search rights after a phone was erased during inspection.
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U.S. man faces criminal charges after allegedly triggering GrapheneOS' duress password to wipe his phone during a U.S. airport border search.
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Samuel Tunick allegedly triggered a GrapheneOS duress password during a warrantless airport search. He now faces federal charges.
Atlanta man wipes phone during airport search: A federal case in Atlanta has put GrapheneOS, a privacy-focused Android operating…
The U.S. government has charged Samuel Tunick with allegedly typing in a passcode to wipe his phone before officers could search…
According to the GrapheneOS Foundation, the operating system that got Sam Tunick prosecuted by the US government has nothing to…
Samuel Tunick faces felony charges from the US Department of Justice after providing a duress code that wiped his phone's data
