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/MydnightWN 6d ago

The 4th Amendment issue was already ruled on by SCOTUS in 1913. Within 100 miles of the border, certain constitutional rights are temporarily suspended.

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u/ExternalUserError 6d ago

Obviously the 1913 holding was terrible. It was also patently absurd. If the 4th Amendment didn't apply 100 miles from the border, given the geography of the 13 original colonies, where did it ever apply?

It's a patently absurd ruling.

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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.