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Get Off My Phone: The recently unveiled case brought by the US Department of Justice against a GrapheneOS user is rekindling debate around privacy and effective operational security on mobile devices. The GrapheneOS Foundation has joined that debate, reaffirming some key points about the operating system's security features and whether previously deleted data can ever be recovered.
According to the GrapheneOS Foundation, the operating system that got Sam Tunick prosecuted by the US government has nothing to do with unlawful practices. The Toronto, Canada-based non-profit joined the fray to defend its open-source OS, which it maintains is a completely legal platform under US law.
The foundation says it has no obligation to weaken GrapheneOS features designed to improve user and data security. The Android-based OS, it argues, is protected by the US Constitution, meaning no one can (theoretically) be prosecuted for creating, developing, or even using the platform on their devices.
