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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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[-] Carrot@lemmy.today 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 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 6 points 5 hours 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

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

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