The US is charging an American citizen for wiping his phone at the border
He’s covered the tech industry for over 18 years and knows a thing or two about synths.The government is prosecuting US citizen Sam Tunick for allegedly providing authorities with a “duress password” that wiped his phone when they tried to seize it at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport on January 24th, 2025. Federal agents detained Tunick at the airport, allegedly questioning him about child exploitation images. They allege that Tunick used a feature of the privacy-focused GrapheneOS to wipe his phone by giving authorities a duress password, instead of the actual passcode to unlock the phone.
- ▪He’s covered the tech industry for over 18 years and knows a thing or two about synths.The government is prosecuting US citizen Sam Tunick for allegedly providing authorities with a “duress password” that wiped his phone when they tried to
- ▪Federal agents detained Tunick at the airport, allegedly questioning him about child exploitation images.
- ▪They allege that Tunick used a feature of the privacy-focused GrapheneOS to wipe his phone by giving authorities a duress password, instead of the actual passcode to unlock the phone.
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