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A recent case involving GrapheneOS's duress feature has sparked a debate about the balance between privacy and law enforcement. If someone is forced to unlock their phone, should they have the right to protect their personal data with an emergency wipe feature?

At the same time, critics argue that the same feature could be used by criminals to destroy evidence during an investigation, making it harder for law enforcement to do their job.

Where do you stand? Should operating systems include features like this, or do the risks outweigh the privacy benefits? .

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[-] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 4 points 3 hours ago

Is there a court case? A legal warrant?

[-] Carrot@lemmy.today 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Believe it or not, currently, at the border they don't need a warrant to search your device: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_search_exception

[-] cristo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

What's crazy is that it's 100 miles inland from the border which includes all coastline. Basically making a giant 4th amendment free zone for the federal government

[-] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 minutes ago

And including all airports lmao so it's 100 miles from the actual border or from any airport.

[-] nullspace@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

You just casually carry that around on your phone?

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago

well, in the case of an actual pedophile - not this guy - yes, I do believe they are either dumb or mentally ill enough to carry it around.

No, fuck is wrong with you? That's like asking me "you just casually murder people?" in defense of someone suspected of murder.

[-] Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 hours ago

Tell me how the guy in the post is suspect of csam then.

That's what the cops suspected him of, i dont know how or if they were just completely lying

[-] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 3 points 3 hours ago

Exactly. Show us your house, your computer, your phone... If you didn't commit murder and have kiddy porn, you have nothing to fear.

Do you see the issue here?

[-] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

No i am wholly confused by what point you're trying to make, all i did was comment what the police said they were looking for in response to a question asking that.

idk if the cops were completely lying, but someone asked for the context and the context is the cops said they were looking for csm.

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