The Government’s Indictment of an Activist Tests Whether You Have a Right to Wipe Your Phone
Tech > Mobile The Government’s Indictment of an Activist Tests Whether You Have a Right to Wipe Your Phone Samuel Tunick used GrapheneOS to delete his phone's data. Tyler Graham Writer Tyler is a writer for CNET covering laptops and video games.… Read full bio Tyler Graham Writer Read full bio July 28, 2026, 5:30 pm ET 5 min read The operating system that Tunick used to wipe his data, GrapheneOS, is available on Google Pixel phones like this one. Josh Miller/CNET An Atlanta activist faces federal charges after giving border agents a duress passcode that deleted all of the data from his phone during an airport interrogation in 2025.
- ▪Tech > Mobile The Government’s Indictment of an Activist Tests Whether You Have a Right to Wipe Your Phone Samuel Tunick used GrapheneOS to delete his phone's data.
- ▪Tyler Graham Writer Tyler is a writer for CNET covering laptops and video games.… Read full bio Tyler Graham Writer Read full bio July 28, 2026, 5:30 pm ET 5 min read The operating system that Tunick used to wipe his data, GrapheneOS, is av
- ▪Josh Miller/CNET An Atlanta activist faces federal charges after giving border agents a duress passcode that deleted all of the data from his phone during an airport interrogation in 2025.
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Tech > Mobile The Government’s Indictment of an Activist Tests Whether You Have a Right to Wipe Your Phone Samuel Tunick used GrapheneOS to delete his phone's data. The US claims that's destroying evidence. Tyler Graham Writer Tyler is a writer for CNET covering laptops and video games.… Read full bio Tyler Graham Writer Read full bio July 28, 2026, 5:30 pm ET 5 min read The operating system that Tunick used to wipe his data, GrapheneOS, is available on Google Pixel phones like this one. Josh Miller/CNET An Atlanta activist faces federal charges after giving border agents a duress passcode that deleted all of the data from his phone during an airport interrogation in 2025.
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