US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a 'duress' password during border search | TechCrunch
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A U.S. citizen has asked a court to throw out the government's claim that he gave over a passcode to border authorities that wiped his phone's data, opening up fresh questions about a person's constitutional rights at the U.S. border.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/49853131

Feels to me like GrapheneOS did exactly what it should, passing the US border test with flying colours!

Funny part about this lawsuit: “With a little planning ahead of time, you can always download the data you need once you get to where you’re going,”

  • tabular@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    6 days ago

    Would you want the phone back after it’s been in their hands? I wouldn’t trust them to leave it alone.

    • metallic_z3r0@infosec.pubEnglish
      13·
      6 days ago

      I mean yeah, might be a fun reverse-engineering project to look for any backdoors or other modifications to the device.

    • eleitl@lemmy.zipEnglish
      7·
      5 days ago

      GOS has boot attestation. But yeah, if I would travel to the US (I will no longer do that) I would bring a sacrificial device.

        • eleitl@lemmy.zipEnglish
          2·
          3 days ago

          True, Pixel hardware itself might be backdoored out of the factory. But you have to titrate professional paranoia down to functional levels.