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‘The Government Hopes To Set a Precedent’: An Interview With the Man Charged for Allegedly Wiping His GrapheneOS Phone (www.404media.co)
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The U.S. government has charged Samuel Tunick with allegedly typing in a passcode to wipe his phone before officers could search it. “I hope people understand that the charges against me are meant to intimidate people,” he said.

Just another example of the Trump admin trying to intimidate protestors using whatever the fuck they can to bring up whatever charges they can.

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[–] 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

So SOP for travel anywhere near a border now should be full imaging of phone and encrypted backup on a server you control, wipe of phone before getting within CBP jurisdiction, then re-image once out of their jurisdiction. Hell, have an image to flash with nothing but early-internet shock memes (goatse, tubgirl, kids in a sandbox, etc) for the time while in CBP jurisdiction.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    I mean it couldn't hurt but as far as I know there is no active full chain vulnerability for GOS so you could just not and they have no way to access it.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    I have no doubt that the government has access to zero days and/or just straight up image your phone so they can crack it at a later point in time if/when it is convenient to them. I used to think that was giving them too much credit and is in tinfoil hat territory but with the convergence of private interests and government, I truly think this is the reality of what can/does happen

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    I have big doubts. We've seen them struggle with less.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    They have Israeli tools now. Not all govt is inept.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    The Israeli tools are, as far as we know at this time, unable to break into a phone running graphene in the "before first unlock" state. Literally just turning your phone off before going through the checkpoint (as long as you're running GOS) will be enough from a technical standpoint.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    I agree, but I imagine they will start saying that a pristine "empty" phone is clearly suspicious and a sign that you already deleted CSAM, terrorist messages, . If I wasn't in the US, I'd do my absolute best to never step foot here.

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