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Border agents can search cellphones without a warrant or reasonable suspicion

235 points · 198 comments · mmh0000

  1. _2pou · · focus · HN ↗
    It's a massive swing and a miss that GrapheneOS has a religious opposition to a VeraCrypt-style hidden volume arrangement that allows different passwords to unlock different OS volumes.

    It would be vastly superior to their current solution, which basically guarantees contempt charges.

    I hope they change their mind soon!

    1. UncleOxidant · · focus · HN ↗
      This. There should be a password that unlocks to a fairly minimal, but not too minimal configuration that wouldn't have anything of interest on it.
      1. SoftTalker · · focus · HN ↗
        What do you imagine being on your phone that is "of interest" to CBP at a border crossing?
        1. projektfu · · focus · HN ↗
          Perhaps a screenshot of a politically-incorrect social media post.

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