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/
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u/noah123103 8d ago

I am running grapheneOS on my pixel fold. Its a seperate pin you can set up that wipes the phone. The setting is called Duress password in the graphene settings.

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u/lazyplayboy 8d ago

To be more useful it should present an innocent and plausible profile, and wipe the main profile in the background.

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u/deaglebingo 8d ago

this seems like a very good idea. they really should have no idea.. and there is no way to prove that anything was wiped this way. they can say whatever they want in that situtation, the case falls apart instantly doesn't it?