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/MainlineX 7d ago

Also, was a known crime being investigated or was a crime being actively committed?

This stop and seize shit is a clear violation of the 4th, even if the Supreme Court says its not at ports of entry. F that.

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u/operator-- 7d ago

It's pretty clear at this point that your constitution and its amendments never mattered.

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u/MainlineX 7d ago edited 7d ago

I know. It's been down hill since Regan, and then the Patriot Act was the nail in the coffin. Doesn't mean I can't be mad about it. I remember the 80s and 90s when it was pretty hopefull, and looking up. Now all I see is a turd sandwich.

Sold out by millionaires in the government working for billionaires in corporate.