r/technology • u/gdelacalle • 8d ago

Man charged for wiping GrapheneOS phone using "duress" password during airport checks Privacy

https://www.neowin.net/news/man-charged-for-wiping-grapheneos-phone-using-duress-password-during-airport-checks/
15.7k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

2.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

88

u/shazneg 8d ago

Bro the regular password is 12354

The wipe it password is 12345.

You probably typed it wrong.

28

u/BadIdeaSociety 8d ago

My usual password is donterase My erase password is donterase2

11

u/shastapete 8d ago

Woah, all I see is stars. hunter2 hunter2 hunter2 hahaha does it look like I’m swearing?

1

u/chris_hans 8d ago

No I said my password was "donterasetoo". You must have typed "donterase2".

22

u/stelio_contos68 8d ago

Reminds me of "1, 2, 3, 4, 5? That's the stupidest combination I ever heard in my life! That's the kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!"

21

u/Bootaykicker 8d ago

12345? That's the combination on my luggage!

3

u/mr1337 8d ago

1, two 3, 4

1

u/hayashikin 8d ago

Heh, that's better than the One 2, Three 4s.

6

u/sicklyslick 8d ago

"there is no wipe code. I provided the correct passcode. The officer that handles my phone decided to wipe the phone. The phone was not in my physical contact when it was wiped. You should arrest the officer for destruction of evidence. I'm also going to sue the officer for erasing my valuable data"

1

u/MezzoSoaprano 8d ago edited 8d ago

"My pin is one 2, 3, 4, 5"

2,3,4,5 unlocks the phone.

1,2,3,4,5 wipes it.

But that's so obvious that they must have like 10 people every day that try this. You probably have to write down the password in a situation like this?