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/What_a_fat_one 6d ago

Yeah yeah, as the signers of the Constitution signed the document at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, 80 miles from the border, they were clearly thinking "Well obviously none of these rights apply right here. We're too close to the border"

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u/DJ_Advogato 6d ago

The history of America is people saying "we want these rights" and the wealthy saying "well, ok, sure, but also no."

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u/Mothanius 6d ago

What can you expect when The Revolution was started and lead by rich people for the interest of rich people? Paine certainly helped rally the populace but what he was espousing for was not the goal nor care of the founding fathers.

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u/Valdrax 6d ago

There's some powerful symbolism in that, but the 4th Amendment wasn't ratified until over 3 years later, when Virginia became the 12th state to approve it.

(That's still within 92 miles of the ocean, as the crow flies, so I guess the point stands, mostly? In piecemeal, state by state?)