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Activist charged with felony after giving border agent "duress code" that wiped his phone (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 16 points 2 months ago (1 child)

The phone owner is either outside of the US, where they don’t have jurisdiction, or inside the US where should be protected from this level of invasion of privacy

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  • [–] 15 points 2 months ago

    Well, yeah, I agree: hence I hope these charges are dismissed.

    I'm going to call out nonsensical reasoning even if it arrives at a conclusion I agree with (maybe even especially if it arrives at a conclusion I agree with).

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