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US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a 'duress' password during border search | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

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[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 30 points 1 day ago

When Tunick provided his passcode and the authorities entered it, “the screen went blank, flashed several times and the phone appeared to restart.” The authorities seized his phone anyway, before telling him that he was free to go and could enter the United States.

Very glad to hear that he's a free man while the courts try to figure out what to do.

Also it's hilarious that he didn't wipe it. The officers did it. I think it's going to be very hard to get a conviction of this activist when it was the officer that wiped the data.