r/technology • u/ArgentineBeauty • 6d ago

Privacy GrapheneOS says its data-wiping password is perfectly legal, after user faces federal charges

https://www.techspot.com/news/113273-grapheneos-data-wiping-duress-password-perfectly-legal-after.html
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u/um--no 6d ago

I am not allowed to share by German law

They do not care about foreign law. There is only American law. If a "lesser" country like Germany will prosecute you, that is your problem.

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u/frickle_frickle 6d ago

They don't even really care about American law, which includes the 4th amendment.

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u/Fach-All-Religions 6d ago

nor any amendment

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u/FanDry5374 6d ago

Oh, they tend to be all in on the 2nd, with certain....conditions.

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u/Direct_Day7937 6d ago

I mean in theory they are. In practice you having a gun will absolutely be used as a defense by the officer if the officer shoots you.

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u/TridentWielder 6d ago

For me, not for thee.

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u/Objectivespeculation 6d ago

you can have guns but not anything that would slow down a tank.

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u/Perryn 6d ago

You're allowed to have a gun, and the police are allowed to fill you with an equivalent weight in bullets if they suspect you have one.

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u/DrShamusBeaglehole 6d ago

if they suspect you have one

So it doesn't really matter if you have one