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GrapheneOS duress PIN could land a man in prison (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 4 weeks ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 17 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

The fifth amendment applies to this because he was a US citizen. He had every right to not give them his pin and it would only be destroying evidence if charges had been pressed. In this case some butt hurt border guard just really wanted to look at his vacation pictures or some shit.

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

    The charge wasn't destruction of evidence, but destruction of property, probably for exactly the reason you mention. He could certainly have arguwd with the agent, but he certainly wouldn't be getting on the flight if he did, and I suspect he'd be lucky to walk out of the airport without being arrested. As I said in another comment, this isn't something you can beat at the point of application, it needs to be cut off at the root.

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

    Ooo so wiping data is destruction of property now? That means data is property.

    Let's apply that to Microsoft for the times their updates wiped user data, to apple when you take the phone in for a screen repair and they "had" to wipe your data, to Sony for deleting movie collections, and all the data collectors for stealing property....

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