US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during airport search

Re:US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during ai... by Teever on Monday July 27, 2026 @10:46AM (#49070463)

Why does the USB port need to even work anyways? It could just be designed to look like a USB port but fry whatever expensive and proprietary phone hacking device they bought from some scuzzy Israeli ‘security’ company when it’s plugged in.

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Re:US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during ai... by euroderf on Monday July 27, 2026 @10:52AM (#49070543)

It has to be a once-only effect tho. If it's repeatable, they've got you for some string of felonies.

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Re:US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during ai... by inigyou on Monday July 27, 2026 @01:26PM (#49072830)

I wonder what would happen if it was every time, but you never told them it was a USB port

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Re:US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during ai... by euroderf on Monday July 27, 2026 @01:31PM (#49072921)

Of course! It charges my personal taser (which I wisely left at home on this trip out of the country).

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Re:US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during ai... by Cider9986 on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @06:12PM (#49090649)

For using the phone.

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