Jul 27, 2026, 1:47 PMIndependent of the charges, something about this news delights me: US Customs & Border Patrol tells a returning US citizen to unlock his phone, but he gives a duress passcode instead of his real one. So when USCBP entered it, @GrapheneOS wiped the device as instructed. 😆
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/23/cop-city-protester-phone
@gumnos He likely would have been better off relying on GrapheneOS protecting the data though. US legally protects not turning over a PIN/password to law enforcement which isn't the case in a lot of the world. Duress PIN/password takes recovering any of the data off the table which is very useful but there can be consequences to using it. It did work as intended but likely wasn't necessary in this particular case.
We wrote an overview with important background info:
@gumnos Don't they need a warranty for such a request?
Jul 27, 2026, 2:19 PMrights get sketchy at the border 😞
Jul 28, 2026, 10:56 PM
@gumnos @GrapheneOS
I’m just horrified and worried for him.