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GrapheneOS duress PIN could land a man in prison
(www.androidauthority.com)
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this post was submitted on 26 Jul 2026
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My hot take: the officer wiped the phone. With their own hands. They're just stupid.
Hotter take: The phone was empty when he handed it over. There was nothing to delete.
It doesn't look like anything to me.
“If you can’t tell, does it matter?”
If they succeed I guess in the future an officer could delete your phone to save face then blame it on you.
Yeah, they are masters of parallel construction. ( Aka lying)
that was the issue I was going to bring up. If the officer wants to try varuous pin numbers how is it the owners responsibility as to what the phone does.
My phone is set to automatically wipe after X number of incorrect pin attempts. If I just kept telling law enforcement the wrong pin number because I cant remember it exactly, what is the difference if the phone wipes. Once the phone is out of my hands how can I be responsible for what the phone does? (Assuming I dont issue a remote wiping command)
The law isn't that stupid.