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[-] SupremeDonut@lemmy.ml 17 points 14 hours ago

If the phone's security prevents them from accessing information, then they have no information. How can they prove there was any information on it to begin with?

[-] JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz 6 points 8 hours ago

They just accuse you of withholding evidence. Yay for freedom of speech.

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 5 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

@SupremeDonut@lemmy.ml the courts already decided that it was okay to jail people for literal years for not providing a password: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Rawls

and there are more:

  • United States v. Fricosu
  • United States v. Doe (2012)
  • United States v. Kirschner
[-] SupremeDonut@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 minutes ago

Jfc. Next you'll be jailed for not having a phone

[-] hamid@crazypeople.online 14 points 1 day ago

Funny how the lemmy liberals never believe that the US is the authoritarian country lol

[-] stochasticity@lemmy.world 23 points 18 hours ago

Really? I feel like I'm constantly seeing complaints about the US's growing authoritarianism.

[-] hamid@crazypeople.online 3 points 10 hours ago

I mean from the cadre of Anti-russia, Anti-china accounts who try and tell me I am a conspiracy theorist for thinking that the CIA is behind "all world events" despite talking about a specific event where the CIA actually overthrew the country I am from.

[-] themurphy@lemmy.ml 3 points 18 hours ago

They didnt grow to it. Nobody just gave a shit before, because it wasnt against all skin colors.

[-] 1984@lemmy.today 8 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

It's not even about skin color, not really. It's about poverty and people not having a chance to get out of it. I would also commit crimes if I felt my life had no future and im white.

As a consequence, black people commit crimes and white cops become racist because they see that. But its not really about skin color if you look at the full picture.

[-] pelican476@discuss.online 1 points 8 hours ago

I think this is misguided and a bit too optimistic. Racist cops don't become racist because of their lived experiences, they're already racist when they take the job.

[-] hamid@crazypeople.online -1 points 11 hours ago

Oh yeah racism in the US is not about skin color, brilliant take.

[-] 1984@lemmy.today 6 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

It's about poverty, yeah. White people would act the same as black people if they lived in poverty. In fact, you see that happening in America too.

You have to give someone a chance in life or you end up with desperate people. I never understood the idea that poor people should just say no to crime when they have absolutely nothing to live for otherwise. That's crazy.

[-] hamid@crazypeople.online -4 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

If you don't think racism is real and not at all based on race you are a literal fucking idiot. Try reading a fucking book whitey. Fanon, George Jackson, Malcom X. Take you pick, not sure you'll have the comprehension to understand.

[-] 1984@lemmy.today 4 points 10 hours ago

I think I may be more intelligent then you actually... :)

Anyway, see you around.

[-] pelican476@discuss.online 0 points 8 hours ago

I think you're probably equally intelligent unfortunately

[-] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 98 points 1 day ago

Name one thing that can't land you in prison in the US. I'll wait.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 73 points 1 day ago

pedophilia (if you are rich)

[-] DragonOracleIX@lemmy.ml 4 points 15 hours ago

You don't even need that first part. Being rich makes it 10x harder for you to be prosecuted.

[-] AmyAye@nord.pub 106 points 1 day ago

Indirectly murdering hundreds of thousands of people in pursuit of profits.

[-] msage@programming.dev 5 points 15 hours ago

And manslaughter with a car.

[-] ReignOfTerror@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

That's an instant death sentence if the person you're running over is an ICE agent, however.

[-] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 1 day ago

With the caveat that, if you don't achieve those profits, it will land you in jail.

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[-] WitchKnight@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 1 day ago

For profit slave labor prisons are very lucrative I hear

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[-] shadowtofu@discuss.tchncs.de 38 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You have to carry a piece of paper in your wallet that contains a PIN. The piece of paper contains no further information, just a PIN. You decline to answer any questions regarding this piece of paper or your phone’s PIN.

This might not be a good idea, depending on your jurisdiction.

[-] utjebe@reddthat.com 12 points 1 day ago

Or just set it to your mmddyy or something typical for weak passwords

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[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

And that person is the officer that destroyed the evidence

[-] tlekiteki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 95 points 1 day ago

Supreme court has ruled that warrantless phone search at the border is bogus, but theyre too shitpantsed to stick with it

[-] SunDevil@lemmy.ml 6 points 23 hours ago

Not if you live within the jurisdiction of the 4th Circuit. The court "ruled that a lower standard applies to manual searches, allowing the government to conduct extraordinarily invasive electronic device searches without any suspicion of wrongdoing, simply because the border officer chooses to search by hand rather than with a forensic tool."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/fourth-circuit-says-border-agents-can-search-your-phone-hand-no-suspicion-required

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 day ago

they are evil and hypocritical is what they are.

they want to make an example out of people trying to escape the panopticon.

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[-] Sir_Gkar@lemmy.world 53 points 1 day ago

Seems like what's needed is the ability to load an alternate profile or some kind of demo mode based on the pin. Something that looks normal but doesn't have any info you don't want others to see, without actually deleting anything.

[-] fodor@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 hours ago

Nothing is needed. Erase your shit before you travel in or out of the US.

[-] OrganicMustard@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

You can already have multiple independent users in graphene (maybe in stock android too idk). You have to switch them before the possible search though.

[-] Coleslaw4145@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago

I had this feature on a Xiaomi phone that i had a few years ago. I could even set up the fingerprint reader to open a different profile depending on which finger i used.

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[-] steelplatedmech@piefed.ca 35 points 1 day ago

Or loads a dummy profile and deletes other profiles without giving away what is happening.

[-] GMac@feddit.org 9 points 1 day ago

Dont think that would be as secure. Once a phone has been unlocked after reboot, even if it has been locked again, the operating system and ram can be accessed quite easily with the correct tools and border controls have those tools.

Even a Graphene phone is only properly secure before first unlock after reboot. So i would not personally rely on allowing acess to any profile. I would assume its possible, (probably trivial) to gain complete access from there.

Any duress pin use should be covered under a person's right to avoid self incrimination.

If the phone is owned by your employer and they are the investigation target, then you might be on dodgy ground.

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[-] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 34 points 1 day ago

this is what peak democracy™ looks like, dont be fooled

[-] akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone 29 points 1 day ago

This is yesterday's news. Destroying evidence is a crime in a lot of jurisdictions. With that in mind, I don't understand how somebody who apparently uses Graphene OS didn't bring an empty burner when crossing one of the most notorious borders in the world.

Which isn't to say that the laws that require you to unlock your phone and that throw you in jail if you securely wipe it aren't hostile and inhumane.

[-] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 52 points 1 day ago

Except that this person wasn't accused or even suspected of a crime.

[-] Aequitas@feddit.org 65 points 1 day ago

How are they supposed to know there was evidence on it? I'm allowed to delete my files, aren't I?

[-] fodor@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 hours ago

Not quite. If you know or shouldreasonabley believe someone is about to arrest you or sue you, depending on the circumstances, judges can tell juries to assume the erased data would show something bad. But it depends on the details.

[-] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago

Be careful not to swallow your spit. They may think you're swallowing a bomb and shoot you on the spot.

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[-] GMac@feddit.org 12 points 1 day ago

In order to be convicted of destroying evidence, there needs to be proof that there was "evidence" on the phone in the first place.

If something on the phone is already known without doubt, then what's the need for access? if there is doubt at the time of the wipe then there is no proof or destroying evidence. 🤷‍♂️

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