WakWak on Nostr: “The US Justice Department is prosecuting an American for allegedly providing ...

“The US Justice Department is prosecuting an American for allegedly providing authorities with a passcode that wiped the contents of his phone.

The case centers on a feature included in GrapheneOS, a custom Android operating system that runs in place of the software on most modern Google Pixel devices.

The software feature allows the device owner to set a passcode that deliberately wipes the contents of that device if entered instead of the user’s unlock passcode.”

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/us-accuses-american-of-allegedly-wiping-his-phone-using-a-duress-password-during-border-search/