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US prosecutors charge Atlanta man after GrapheneOS phone wipes itself during airport search (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 39 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The point isn't to make it forensically undetectable, but to prevent the room temperature IQ cop from noticing what happened. If they "unlock" the phone and don't see anything that looks out of the ordinary they won't make a big deal out of it and there's a chance they'll let you go.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 days ago*

    The room temperature IQ cop is going to plug the phone into a system that will do that forensic detection. Using commercial or special software.

    Room temperature IQ cop knows how to plug the cord into the phone and the cord into the laptop.

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