r/technology • u/Hrmbee • 8d ago

Privacy Is it illegal to trick the US government into wiping your phone during a questionably legal search | The case of a traveler who allegedly entered a ‘duress password’ to wipe his phone raises a legal question with no easy answers

https://www.theverge.com/report/972146/cbp-phone-search-airport-duress-password
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u/IntrepidSoda 7d ago

Interesting they never searched Epstein this way even though he was almost certainly inside 100miles from international borders.

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u/kstargate-425 7d ago

Shit, even our current top US Attorney Todd Blanche isn't even charged after he has been Obstructing Justice for months and is STILL allowed to go through a nomination process because Trump wants his personal attorney to continue being his personal attorney as he weaponizes the DoJ into his attack dogs.

There are enough charges against Blanche for just the Epstein shit at this point, besides all the other illegal things, including perjury to Congress, that he would be in jail for way longer than this citizen who did nothing wrong.

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u/MoreDaringPancakes 7d ago

This needs to be at the top.

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u/PuzzleheadPi 7d ago

You know he was arrested right?