• Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world
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      You get arrested for wiping your phone at the border as we learned last month.

      For now people that need to cross the border should probably carry a travel phone and mail their real one.

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        What’s your pin?

        I don’t recall at the moment.

        What’s your pin?

        I don’t recall at the moment.

        What’s your pin?

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        I wonder if I’d get arrested if they run out of tries then it wipes itself, as opposed to providing a duress pin.

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          I don’t know…

          Over the years the courts have decided that LEOs can’t force you to give your pin/password. The issue that wasn’t really addressed is why US citizens lack certain rights in the grey zone between US and international territory.

          This all seems illegal but I’m not a laywer

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      Some guy is currently facing federal charges for exactly that:

      Samuel Tunick is facing a federal felony after data on his Google Pixel was erased while Customs and Border Protection officers were trying to search the device at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. His attorneys are challenging the legality of the search, putting the government’s border search powers at the center of the criminal case.

      The encounter occurred on January 24, 2025, after Tunick returned to the United States from the Dominican Republic and was sent to secondary inspection. Federal officers sought access to his phone, and court records state that Tunick eventually provided a passcode. When an officer entered it, the screen went blank, flashed several times and appeared to restart. Prosecutors allege the phone’s contents had been deleted.

      A federal grand jury indicted Tunick in November 2025 under 18 U.S.C. § 2232(a). The law makes it a crime to knowingly destroy, damage or take other action against property for the purpose of preventing or interfering with the government’s lawful authority to take it into custody. A conviction can carry up to five years in prison.

      https://www.lawcommentary.com/articles/samuel-tunick-faces-federal-felony-after-phone-was-wiped-during-atlanta-airport-search

      https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71998357/united-states-v-tunick/

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        A federal grand jury indicted Tunick in November 2025 under 18 U.S.C. § 2232(a). The law makes it a crime to knowingly destroy, damage or take other action against property for the purpose of preventing or interfering with the government’s lawful authority to take it into custody. A conviction can carry up to five years in prison.

        This just smells like a techbro version of “arrested for resisting arrest”.

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          How does a duress pin prevent them from taking the device into custody?

          And if you forgot you had a duress pin, hence weren’t “knowingly” damaging anything, would that be a useful defense?

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            I think the govt is just pissy that they couldn’t plant any evidence.

            I’m all about owning my own devices, and have rooted every single Android device I’ve had over the years, but all of this is really making me want to go full Graphene. Locked bootloader and everything. Hell, even my wife installed Graphene on her Pixel after researching security options for it. I use Syncthing to back up everything I deem important to my NAS, so outside of a couple apps, I could confidently wipe my phone right now and have mostly everything restored within the hour…

            Fuck. I think I know what I’m doing this weekend.

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    Freedom of SpeechTM*

    *Terms and condition apply and are subject to change at any given moment and is enforced however we (the enforcers) like it. We can and will infringe on it but you may take legal action after our work is complete. You may be entitled to some compensation, which will come from the tax dollars, while we face no consequences, aren’t held accountable and free to repeat it. Your case may also be used as a propaganda to show how we are the freeest country in the world.

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        What if we gave the teachers guns though? Surely, those scraping by for supplies to teach with will have the free time to practice shooting.

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        Of course I’m a bot—because I’m against anti-Semitism, because I’m against the glorification of Hitler, because I’m against terrorism against Israel, and because I don’t side with the terrorists

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            Since you’re against Israel because it has been attacked by terrorists, because the narrative of a fake genocide is being spread while you support those who want to carry out a genocide against Jews, by working with precisely these people to destabilize and Islamize the entire West, etc., etc.

            Because all the facts are being ignored—such as the fact that Hitler is idolized in Gaza and that Mein Kampf is extremely widespread there, because the population in Gaza isn’t declining but increasing (so much for the “fake genocide”), because there is absolutely no criticism of the more than 15 terrorist groups, because no one is demanding that these terrorist groups lay down their arms—which would have ensured “peace” long ago—and because the constant attacks have been ignored not just for half a century, but for thousands of years, all the way back to the Twelve Tribes of Israel, etc. It’s pointless to discuss this with people who tend to sympathize with terrorist organizations. You’ll only be happy once Palestine has achieved its goal of “Free Palestine = Kill Everyone in Israel”…

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              you still did not answer my question, nor did I say i was against israel. (i am, but i never said it in this thread, so…)

              try again, you bootlicking nazi bot account.

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              Since you’re against Israel because it has been attacked by terrorists,

              It has already been proven the Israeli government funded this terrorist organization and was aware of the attack before it happened. It is theorized that Netanyahu used this to keep the heat off his corrupt dealings.

              https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-cost-of-netanyahus-consistent-evasion-of-responsibility-is-paid-in-lives/amp/

              because the narrative of a fake genocide

              Nothing fake about it.

              https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/09/israel-has-committed-genocide-gaza-strip-un-commission-finds

              genocide against Jews, by working with precisely these people to destabilize and Islamize the entire West, etc., etc.

              This is the fake genocide you must be talking about. No evidence of a genocide being committed against the Jewish population in Israel.

              Because all the facts are being ignored—such as the fact that Hitler is idolized in Gaza

              There is no evidence, other than some translations of Mein Kampf found in some residences. The current president of the US, and Israel closest ally, is also known to have Mein Kampf by his bed side.

              because the population in Gaza isn’t declining but increasing

              Sure does look like their population is getting blown up.

              because there is absolutely no criticism of the more than 15 terrorist groups,

              Sure, no criticism.

              https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Hamas

              but for thousands of years, all the way back to the Twelve Tribes of Israel, etc.

              I encourage you to read the actual history of the area.

              https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Israel

              The ridiculousness of your claim is borne out in this video made to poke fun at the ridiculous claims that the Jewish population has a legitimate claim to this area.

              https://youtu.be/-evIyrrjTTY

              You’ll only be happy once Palestine has achieved its goal

              Oh gosh, what about Israel’s goals of elimination of the Palestinians which they are currently doing.

              https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intent_and_incitement_in_the_Gaza_genocide

              Let’s see a picture of a city in Israel to compare with Gaza.

              Hmm well the facts don’t seem to support anything you are saying. Cheers!

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              We are against israel because it is a settler colonial genocidal state . The day israel return stolen land in the west bank and allow a palestinian state we will no longer have any issue with it

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          You are an antisemite who wants to exterminate Palestinian Semites. You support a settler-colonial power whose founders were terrorists who carried out many terrorist attacks that killed Jews in Palestine: the King David Hotel bombing (17 Jews killed), the SS Patria disaster (233 Jews killed), and the ordered murder of a Jewish journalist, Jacob Israël de Haan.