US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during airport search

Re:US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during ai... by victorbjorklund on Monday July 27, 2026 @03:57AM (#49066410)

Yea, that’s not how it works in practice. If they catch you standing over a dead body holding the murder weapon. Then you can’t just say they can’t prove intent if you keep your mouth shut.

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Re:US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during ai... by weli on Monday July 27, 2026 @06:13AM (#49067415)

Yea but that's where "reasonable suspicion" comes in a court of law. If you are standing next to a dead body, with a bloody knife in your hand.

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Re:US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during ai... by account42 on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @10:29AM (#49084462)

And doing anything non-standard with your phone is going to shift the reasonable suspicion away from favoring you unless you can explain yourself.

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