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Border agents can search cellphones without a warrant or reasonable suspicion

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  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. Cider9986 · · focus · HN ↗
      It's a bad idea because of the increased attack surface even if it was possible and it's not possible according to Veracrypt [1]. It would quickly become a known feature document in guides regularly updated and handed to law enforcement. Forensic tools would also add detections.

      <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hn.algolia.com&#x2F;?dateRange=all&amp;page=0&amp;prefix=true&amp;query=by%3Agrapheneos%20ssd&amp;sort=byDate&amp;type=comment" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hn.algolia.com&#x2F;?dateRange=all&amp;page=0&amp;prefix=true&amp;que...

      [1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;veracrypt.io&#x2F;en&#x2F;Wear-Leveling.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;veracrypt.io&#x2F;en&#x2F;Wear-Leveling.html

      <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;veracrypt.io&#x2F;en&#x2F;Trim%20Operation.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;veracrypt.io&#x2F;en&#x2F;Trim%20Operation.html

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