Re:US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during ai...
by Gareth321 on Monday July 27, 2026 @05:26AM
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I believe they can. I believe they can even request your social media credentials, despite that being against the ToS for those sites. It's not against the law to refuse, but they can and will reject entry on that basis.
Re:US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during ai...
by eru on Monday July 27, 2026 @06:28AM
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That's interesting. I don't even know most of my passwords (thanks to password managers).
Re:US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during ai...
by Gareth321 on Monday July 27, 2026 @08:02AM
(#49068379)
Don't worry, they can ask for that password too :D
Re:US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during ai...
by eru on Monday July 27, 2026 @08:25AM
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Yes, but that one has 2FA, and I might not travel with that second factor on me.
Of course, they won't be amused.
Re:US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during ai...
by TeMPOraL on Monday July 27, 2026 @11:14AM
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In other words, 2FA might actively put you in danger. Something to consider before travel and perhaps temporarily lowering your digital security to preserve your physical one.
Re:US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during ai...
by elephanlemon on Monday July 27, 2026 @07:54AM
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AFAIK in the US their policies do not allow them to access your cloud stored data.
Re:US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during ai...
by inigyou on Monday July 27, 2026 @01:42PM
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Remember that the creator of Mega is getting extradited to the USA - again - a country where he's never been, by the way - for basically this crime (using encryption).
Re:US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during ai...
by hn_submit on Monday July 27, 2026 @04:32PM
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Not true. He previously ran a site called MegaUpload which hosted copyright infringing files. This is why he created Mega, which is an end-to-end encrypted cloud storage service similar to OneDrive of Google Drive.
Even if Mega users host illegal or copyright infringing contents he can't be convicted for it. In fact, he won't even know about it.
I'm just amazed that not everyone is using it. People don't seem to know about it and they're not advertising it. They probably made a deal with LEA or politicians not to spread the word in exchange for not being extradited.
Re:US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during ai...
by inigyou on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @04:33AM
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But he is still being extradited. I believe he lost his decade long argument of "why the fuck would you extradite me to somewhere I've never set foot for something that isn't actually illegal and where I'd suffer inhumane treatment"
Re:US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during ai...
by hn_submit on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @07:15AM
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His extradition case has been going on for more than two decades IIRC. He'll die of old age before he's ever extradited to the U.S. There are too many legal avenues to stall and thwart the case and the U.S. doesn't see him as important enough to warrant damaging relations with an ally (New Zealand).
I wonder if border agents could coerce you into giving access to your internet file storage, though.