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  1. #fascism #CopCity

    "A U.S. Citizen Deleted His Phone’s Data. Now He Faces a Felony Charge.

    Federal prosecutors charged a man returning to the United States with obstruction because he gave them a passcode that erased his smartphone during a customs search.

    (. . .)

    It sounds like something James Bond would use: a gadget that self-destructs if it falls into the wrong hands. But it’s actually an open-source operating system that can be downloaded onto Android phones.

    Federal prosecutors in Atlanta are bringing an obstruction charge against a U.S. citizen who gave customs officers what is known as a duress passcode, which activated software that erased the contents of his phone.

    The authorities stopped Samuel Tunick, an Atlanta resident, for interrogation at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as he returned to the United States on Jan. 24 last year, according to a November grand jury indictment. The authorities seized his phone before allowing him to enter the country. A hearing on the case was held last week in federal court in Atlanta.

    The prosecution is one of the earliest known instances of federal authorities charging a person with destroying evidence with a program designed to wipe a device when a specific code is entered.

    Mr. Tunick’s lawyers argued during the hearing last week that the seizure was unlawful, and that he was targeted because of his political activism against Atlanta’s plan to build a police and fire training center within a 1,000-acre stretch of urban woodland. Opponents argue that the center, known as Cop City, would militarize officers and destroy precious green space.

    (. . .)

    The federal public defender’s office, which handles most cases in the Northern District of Georgia, said that only one other federal indictment had been filed on this charge in the last 30 years.

    The 2019 case involved an accusation of destruction of evidence related to drug trafficking, said Matthew Dodge, a federal public defender who is on Mr. Tunick’s legal team."

    archive.ph/jo9GV#selection-415

  2. #fascism #CopCity

    "A U.S. Citizen Deleted His Phone’s Data. Now He Faces a Felony Charge.

    Federal prosecutors charged a man returning to the United States with obstruction because he gave them a passcode that erased his smartphone during a customs search.

    (. . .)

    It sounds like something James Bond would use: a gadget that self-destructs if it falls into the wrong hands. But it’s actually an open-source operating system that can be downloaded onto Android phones.

    Federal prosecutors in Atlanta are bringing an obstruction charge against a U.S. citizen who gave customs officers what is known as a duress passcode, which activated software that erased the contents of his phone.

    The authorities stopped Samuel Tunick, an Atlanta resident, for interrogation at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as he returned to the United States on Jan. 24 last year, according to a November grand jury indictment. The authorities seized his phone before allowing him to enter the country. A hearing on the case was held last week in federal court in Atlanta.

    The prosecution is one of the earliest known instances of federal authorities charging a person with destroying evidence with a program designed to wipe a device when a specific code is entered.

    Mr. Tunick’s lawyers argued during the hearing last week that the seizure was unlawful, and that he was targeted because of his political activism against Atlanta’s plan to build a police and fire training center within a 1,000-acre stretch of urban woodland. Opponents argue that the center, known as Cop City, would militarize officers and destroy precious green space.

    (. . .)

    The federal public defender’s office, which handles most cases in the Northern District of Georgia, said that only one other federal indictment had been filed on this charge in the last 30 years.

    The 2019 case involved an accusation of destruction of evidence related to drug trafficking, said Matthew Dodge, a federal public defender who is on Mr. Tunick’s legal team."

    archive.ph/jo9GV#selection-415

  3. #fascism #CopCity

    "A U.S. Citizen Deleted His Phone’s Data. Now He Faces a Felony Charge.

    Federal prosecutors charged a man returning to the United States with obstruction because he gave them a passcode that erased his smartphone during a customs search.

    (. . .)

    It sounds like something James Bond would use: a gadget that self-destructs if it falls into the wrong hands. But it’s actually an open-source operating system that can be downloaded onto Android phones.

    Federal prosecutors in Atlanta are bringing an obstruction charge against a U.S. citizen who gave customs officers what is known as a duress passcode, which activated software that erased the contents of his phone.

    The authorities stopped Samuel Tunick, an Atlanta resident, for interrogation at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as he returned to the United States on Jan. 24 last year, according to a November grand jury indictment. The authorities seized his phone before allowing him to enter the country. A hearing on the case was held last week in federal court in Atlanta.

    The prosecution is one of the earliest known instances of federal authorities charging a person with destroying evidence with a program designed to wipe a device when a specific code is entered.

    Mr. Tunick’s lawyers argued during the hearing last week that the seizure was unlawful, and that he was targeted because of his political activism against Atlanta’s plan to build a police and fire training center within a 1,000-acre stretch of urban woodland. Opponents argue that the center, known as Cop City, would militarize officers and destroy precious green space.

    (. . .)

    The federal public defender’s office, which handles most cases in the Northern District of Georgia, said that only one other federal indictment had been filed on this charge in the last 30 years.

    The 2019 case involved an accusation of destruction of evidence related to drug trafficking, said Matthew Dodge, a federal public defender who is on Mr. Tunick’s legal team."

    archive.ph/jo9GV#selection-415

  4. #fascism #CopCity

    "A U.S. Citizen Deleted His Phone’s Data. Now He Faces a Felony Charge.

    Federal prosecutors charged a man returning to the United States with obstruction because he gave them a passcode that erased his smartphone during a customs search.

    (. . .)

    It sounds like something James Bond would use: a gadget that self-destructs if it falls into the wrong hands. But it’s actually an open-source operating system that can be downloaded onto Android phones.

    Federal prosecutors in Atlanta are bringing an obstruction charge against a U.S. citizen who gave customs officers what is known as a duress passcode, which activated software that erased the contents of his phone.

    The authorities stopped Samuel Tunick, an Atlanta resident, for interrogation at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as he returned to the United States on Jan. 24 last year, according to a November grand jury indictment. The authorities seized his phone before allowing him to enter the country. A hearing on the case was held last week in federal court in Atlanta.

    The prosecution is one of the earliest known instances of federal authorities charging a person with destroying evidence with a program designed to wipe a device when a specific code is entered.

    Mr. Tunick’s lawyers argued during the hearing last week that the seizure was unlawful, and that he was targeted because of his political activism against Atlanta’s plan to build a police and fire training center within a 1,000-acre stretch of urban woodland. Opponents argue that the center, known as Cop City, would militarize officers and destroy precious green space.

    (. . .)

    The federal public defender’s office, which handles most cases in the Northern District of Georgia, said that only one other federal indictment had been filed on this charge in the last 30 years.

    The 2019 case involved an accusation of destruction of evidence related to drug trafficking, said Matthew Dodge, a federal public defender who is on Mr. Tunick’s legal team."

    archive.ph/jo9GV#selection-415

  5. As a person who led a recall against a sitting Seattle Mayor.... this one doesn't look like it has a snowballs chance at hell of working.

    Opportunistic Karen's say Seattle's Mayor Wilson should be recalled over the Bite of Seattle Shooting and checks notes... turning off some of the police CCTV cameras.

    kuow.org/governing/2026-08-12/

    #KatieWilson #BiteOfSeattle #Recall #Seattle #PNW #CopCity #CCTV #Privacy #surrveillance

  6. As a person who led a recall against a sitting Seattle Mayor.... this one doesn't look like it has a snowballs chance at hell of working.

    Opportunistic Karen's say Seattle's Mayor Wilson should be recalled over the Bite of Seattle Shooting and checks notes... turning off some of the police CCTV cameras.

    kuow.org/governing/2026-08-12/

    #KatieWilson #BiteOfSeattle #Recall #Seattle #PNW #CopCity #CCTV #Privacy #surrveillance

  7. As a person who led a recall against a sitting Seattle Mayor.... this one doesn't look like it has a snowballs chance at hell of working.

    Opportunistic Karen's say Seattle's Mayor Wilson should be recalled over the Bite of Seattle Shooting and checks notes... turning off some of the police CCTV cameras.

    kuow.org/governing/2026-08-12/

    #KatieWilson #BiteOfSeattle #Recall #Seattle #PNW #CopCity #CCTV #Privacy #surrveillance

  8. As a person who led a recall against a sitting Seattle Mayor.... this one doesn't look like it has a snowballs chance at hell of working.

    Opportunistic Karen's say Seattle's Mayor Wilson should be recalled over the Bite of Seattle Shooting and checks notes... turning off some of the police CCTV cameras.

    kuow.org/governing/2026-08-12/

    #KatieWilson #BiteOfSeattle #Recall #Seattle #PNW #CopCity #CCTV #Privacy #surrveillance

  9. As a person who led a recall against a sitting Seattle Mayor.... this one doesn't look like it has a snowballs chance at hell of working.

    Opportunistic Karen's say Seattle's Mayor Wilson should be recalled over the Bite of Seattle Shooting and checks notes... turning off some of the police CCTV cameras.

    kuow.org/governing/2026-08-12/

    #KatieWilson #BiteOfSeattle #Recall #Seattle #PNW #CopCity #CCTV #Privacy #surrveillance

  10. …Tunick’s lawyers argued during the hearing last week that the seizure was unlawful, & that he was targeted because of his #political #activism against #Atlanta’s plan to build a police & fire training center within a 1,000-acre stretch of urban #woodland. Opponents argue that the center, known as #CopCity, would militarize officers & destroy precious #GreenSpace.

    #law #InfoSec #privacy

  11. …Tunick’s lawyers argued during the hearing last week that the seizure was unlawful, & that he was targeted because of his #political #activism against #Atlanta’s plan to build a police & fire training center within a 1,000-acre stretch of urban #woodland. Opponents argue that the center, known as #CopCity, would militarize officers & destroy precious #GreenSpace.

    #law #InfoSec #privacy

  12. …Tunick’s lawyers argued during the hearing last week that the seizure was unlawful, & that he was targeted because of his #political #activism against #Atlanta’s plan to build a police & fire training center within a 1,000-acre stretch of urban #woodland. Opponents argue that the center, known as #CopCity, would militarize officers & destroy precious #GreenSpace.

    #law #InfoSec #privacy

  13. …Tunick’s lawyers argued during the hearing last week that the seizure was unlawful, & that he was targeted because of his #political #activism against #Atlanta’s plan to build a police & fire training center within a 1,000-acre stretch of urban #woodland. Opponents argue that the center, known as #CopCity, would militarize officers & destroy precious #GreenSpace.

    #law #InfoSec #privacy

  14. …Tunick’s lawyers argued during the hearing last week that the seizure was unlawful, & that he was targeted because of his #political #activism against #Atlanta’s plan to build a police & fire training center within a 1,000-acre stretch of urban #woodland. Opponents argue that the center, known as #CopCity, would militarize officers & destroy precious #GreenSpace.

    #law #InfoSec #privacy

  15. #Activist charged with felony after giving border agent #DuressCode that wiped his phone

    The government says destroying his own data during an airport interrogation was illegal.

    Ryan Whitwam – Jul 27, 2026

    "In early 2025, Atlanta resident #SamuelTunick was on his way home following a trip abroad. After landing in the US, customs agents demanded access to his Pixel phone, which was running an alternative version of Android called #GrapheneOS. Rather than hand over his data, Tunick used a clever feature of the software to delete everything. Now, he’s facing federal charges.

    "The first hearing in this case happened last week, according to The Guardian, during which government attorneys and agents claimed that Tunick was subjected to a standard secondary interrogation at an international airport. During that encounter, agents were 'looking for anything that’s prohibited.' However, Tunick’s legal team alleges he was targeted for his #activism.

    "Tunick was involved with a group called #DefendTheAtlanta Forest, which opposed the construction of an enormous law enforcement training facility in the area often known as #CopCity. What Tunick didn’t know, according to his lawyers, was that he’d been placed on a watch list for his actions and that Customs and Border Protection had discussed over email plans to detain him upon his arrival back in the US for 'suspected terrorism activities.'

    "During the interrogation, #CBP agents told Tunick they wanted to search his phone for evidence of child sexual abuse, and if he didn’t unlock the device, it would be confiscated. The government has long asserted broad authority to examine and seize electronic devices at the border for virtually any reason. Tunick claims he was never read his rights and requested legal counsel several times, but the requests were denied."

    Read more:
    arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/0

    #Fascism #DefundCBP #DefundICE #HomelandInsecurity #USPol #SilencingDissent #StopCopCity #StopCopCitiesEverywhere #DefendTheForest

  16. #Activist charged with felony after giving border agent #DuressCode that wiped his phone

    The government says destroying his own data during an airport interrogation was illegal.

    Ryan Whitwam – Jul 27, 2026

    "In early 2025, Atlanta resident #SamuelTunick was on his way home following a trip abroad. After landing in the US, customs agents demanded access to his Pixel phone, which was running an alternative version of Android called #GrapheneOS. Rather than hand over his data, Tunick used a clever feature of the software to delete everything. Now, he’s facing federal charges.

    "The first hearing in this case happened last week, according to The Guardian, during which government attorneys and agents claimed that Tunick was subjected to a standard secondary interrogation at an international airport. During that encounter, agents were 'looking for anything that’s prohibited.' However, Tunick’s legal team alleges he was targeted for his #activism.

    "Tunick was involved with a group called #DefendTheAtlanta Forest, which opposed the construction of an enormous law enforcement training facility in the area often known as #CopCity. What Tunick didn’t know, according to his lawyers, was that he’d been placed on a watch list for his actions and that Customs and Border Protection had discussed over email plans to detain him upon his arrival back in the US for 'suspected terrorism activities.'

    "During the interrogation, #CBP agents told Tunick they wanted to search his phone for evidence of child sexual abuse, and if he didn’t unlock the device, it would be confiscated. The government has long asserted broad authority to examine and seize electronic devices at the border for virtually any reason. Tunick claims he was never read his rights and requested legal counsel several times, but the requests were denied."

    Read more:
    arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/0

    #Fascism #DefundCBP #DefundICE #HomelandInsecurity #USPol #SilencingDissent #StopCopCity #StopCopCitiesEverywhere #DefendTheForest

  17. #Activist charged with felony after giving border agent #DuressCode that wiped his phone

    The government says destroying his own data during an airport interrogation was illegal.

    Ryan Whitwam – Jul 27, 2026

    "In early 2025, Atlanta resident #SamuelTunick was on his way home following a trip abroad. After landing in the US, customs agents demanded access to his Pixel phone, which was running an alternative version of Android called #GrapheneOS. Rather than hand over his data, Tunick used a clever feature of the software to delete everything. Now, he’s facing federal charges.

    "The first hearing in this case happened last week, according to The Guardian, during which government attorneys and agents claimed that Tunick was subjected to a standard secondary interrogation at an international airport. During that encounter, agents were 'looking for anything that’s prohibited.' However, Tunick’s legal team alleges he was targeted for his #activism.

    "Tunick was involved with a group called #DefendTheAtlanta Forest, which opposed the construction of an enormous law enforcement training facility in the area often known as #CopCity. What Tunick didn’t know, according to his lawyers, was that he’d been placed on a watch list for his actions and that Customs and Border Protection had discussed over email plans to detain him upon his arrival back in the US for 'suspected terrorism activities.'

    "During the interrogation, #CBP agents told Tunick they wanted to search his phone for evidence of child sexual abuse, and if he didn’t unlock the device, it would be confiscated. The government has long asserted broad authority to examine and seize electronic devices at the border for virtually any reason. Tunick claims he was never read his rights and requested legal counsel several times, but the requests were denied."

    Read more:
    arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/0

    #Fascism #DefundCBP #DefundICE #HomelandInsecurity #USPol #SilencingDissent #StopCopCity #StopCopCitiesEverywhere #DefendTheForest

  18. #Activist charged with felony after giving border agent #DuressCode that wiped his phone

    The government says destroying his own data during an airport interrogation was illegal.

    Ryan Whitwam – Jul 27, 2026

    "In early 2025, Atlanta resident #SamuelTunick was on his way home following a trip abroad. After landing in the US, customs agents demanded access to his Pixel phone, which was running an alternative version of Android called #GrapheneOS. Rather than hand over his data, Tunick used a clever feature of the software to delete everything. Now, he’s facing federal charges.

    "The first hearing in this case happened last week, according to The Guardian, during which government attorneys and agents claimed that Tunick was subjected to a standard secondary interrogation at an international airport. During that encounter, agents were 'looking for anything that’s prohibited.' However, Tunick’s legal team alleges he was targeted for his #activism.

    "Tunick was involved with a group called #DefendTheAtlanta Forest, which opposed the construction of an enormous law enforcement training facility in the area often known as #CopCity. What Tunick didn’t know, according to his lawyers, was that he’d been placed on a watch list for his actions and that Customs and Border Protection had discussed over email plans to detain him upon his arrival back in the US for 'suspected terrorism activities.'

    "During the interrogation, #CBP agents told Tunick they wanted to search his phone for evidence of child sexual abuse, and if he didn’t unlock the device, it would be confiscated. The government has long asserted broad authority to examine and seize electronic devices at the border for virtually any reason. Tunick claims he was never read his rights and requested legal counsel several times, but the requests were denied."

    Read more:
    arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/0

    #Fascism #DefundCBP #DefundICE #HomelandInsecurity #USPol #SilencingDissent #StopCopCity #StopCopCitiesEverywhere #DefendTheForest

  19. #Activist charged with felony after giving border agent #DuressCode that wiped his phone

    The government says destroying his own data during an airport interrogation was illegal.

    Ryan Whitwam – Jul 27, 2026

    "In early 2025, Atlanta resident #SamuelTunick was on his way home following a trip abroad. After landing in the US, customs agents demanded access to his Pixel phone, which was running an alternative version of Android called #GrapheneOS. Rather than hand over his data, Tunick used a clever feature of the software to delete everything. Now, he’s facing federal charges.

    "The first hearing in this case happened last week, according to The Guardian, during which government attorneys and agents claimed that Tunick was subjected to a standard secondary interrogation at an international airport. During that encounter, agents were 'looking for anything that’s prohibited.' However, Tunick’s legal team alleges he was targeted for his #activism.

    "Tunick was involved with a group called #DefendTheAtlanta Forest, which opposed the construction of an enormous law enforcement training facility in the area often known as #CopCity. What Tunick didn’t know, according to his lawyers, was that he’d been placed on a watch list for his actions and that Customs and Border Protection had discussed over email plans to detain him upon his arrival back in the US for 'suspected terrorism activities.'

    "During the interrogation, #CBP agents told Tunick they wanted to search his phone for evidence of child sexual abuse, and if he didn’t unlock the device, it would be confiscated. The government has long asserted broad authority to examine and seize electronic devices at the border for virtually any reason. Tunick claims he was never read his rights and requested legal counsel several times, but the requests were denied."

    Read more:
    arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/0

    #Fascism #DefundCBP #DefundICE #HomelandInsecurity #USPol #SilencingDissent #StopCopCity #StopCopCitiesEverywhere #DefendTheForest

  20. Concerning the recent case where the Gestapo charged someone with some kind of bullshit destroying evidence charge for wiping their own phone to keep CBP out of it at the airport:

    The person being charged for feeding CBP a duress passphrase that wiped their phone in CBP's hands did the right thing and depending on what was on that phone may have kept others out of jail or even prison.

    The rules in this situation are those of solidarity, and those of cyber warfare.

    CBP is lucky a wiped phone is all they got. This could have been a cheap burnphone "encrypted" with a weak passphrase (1234 maybe?), and some strong ransomware.

    Flash drives can be fun too.

    Some years ago, someone near Boston set their heart on some flash drive fun. They got some cheap flash drives, loaded them up right nice, then salted the parking lot of a police station with the flash drives. The department in question was that of one of the suburbs near Boston, not Boston PD itself. All it took was ONE cop finding one of the flash drives and plugging it into his work computer. The whole department was botted, they had to pay ransom to Russian organized crime to get back everything possibly from their warrants to their payroll.

    This was just flash drives found on the ground, not flash drives or a phone forcibly stolen from an opponent who had time to prepare for an attack.

    Yes the Enemy can bring charges for destroying your own data much less botting their Cellbrite box. Would you rather face an obstruction/destruction of evidence charge or get slammed with far bigger charges supported by data on that phone? Still worse you may not be the only person in the line of fire.

    If you are in possession of data that could harm others, it is your OBLIGATION to keep it out of the hands of their enemies without regard to any legal risk or other threats to yourself. If you cannot handle this risk, you also must not handle such data.

    This is not optional, Obstructing Injustice is DUTY!

    #CBP #CopCity #DuressPasscode

  21. Concerning the recent case where the Gestapo charged someone with some kind of bullshit destroying evidence charge for wiping their own phone to keep CBP out of it at the airport:

    The person being charged for feeding CBP a duress passphrase that wiped their phone in CBP's hands did the right thing and depending on what was on that phone may have kept others out of jail or even prison.

    The rules in this situation are those of solidarity, and those of cyber warfare.

    CBP is lucky a wiped phone is all they got. This could have been a cheap burnphone "encrypted" with a weak passphrase (1234 maybe?), and some strong ransomware.

    Flash drives can be fun too.

    Some years ago, someone near Boston set their heart on some flash drive fun. They got some cheap flash drives, loaded them up right nice, then salted the parking lot of a police station with the flash drives. The department in question was that of one of the suburbs near Boston, not Boston PD itself. All it took was ONE cop finding one of the flash drives and plugging it into his work computer. The whole department was botted, they had to pay ransom to Russian organized crime to get back everything possibly from their warrants to their payroll.

    This was just flash drives found on the ground, not flash drives or a phone forcibly stolen from an opponent who had time to prepare for an attack.

    Yes the Enemy can bring charges for destroying your own data much less botting their Cellbrite box. Would you rather face an obstruction/destruction of evidence charge or get slammed with far bigger charges supported by data on that phone? Still worse you may not be the only person in the line of fire.

    If you are in possession of data that could harm others, it is your OBLIGATION to keep it out of the hands of their enemies without regard to any legal risk or other threats to yourself. If you cannot handle this risk, you also must not handle such data.

    This is not optional, Obstructing Injustice is DUTY!

    #CBP #CopCity #DuressPasscode

  22. Concerning the recent case where the Gestapo charged someone with some kind of bullshit destroying evidence charge for wiping their own phone to keep CBP out of it at the airport:

    The person being charged for feeding CBP a duress passphrase that wiped their phone in CBP's hands did the right thing and depending on what was on that phone may have kept others out of jail or even prison.

    The rules in this situation are those of solidarity, and those of cyber warfare.

    CBP is lucky a wiped phone is all they got. This could have been a cheap burnphone "encrypted" with a weak passphrase (1234 maybe?), and some strong ransomware.

    Flash drives can be fun too.

    Some years ago, someone near Boston set their heart on some flash drive fun. They got some cheap flash drives, loaded them up right nice, then salted the parking lot of a police station with the flash drives. The department in question was that of one of the suburbs near Boston, not Boston PD itself. All it took was ONE cop finding one of the flash drives and plugging it into his work computer. The whole department was botted, they had to pay ransom to Russian organized crime to get back everything possibly from their warrants to their payroll.

    This was just flash drives found on the ground, not flash drives or a phone forcibly stolen from an opponent who had time to prepare for an attack.

    Yes the Enemy can bring charges for destroying your own data much less botting their Cellbrite box. Would you rather face an obstruction/destruction of evidence charge or get slammed with far bigger charges supported by data on that phone? Still worse you may not be the only person in the line of fire.

    If you are in possession of data that could harm others, it is your OBLIGATION to keep it out of the hands of their enemies without regard to any legal risk or other threats to yourself. If you cannot handle this risk, you also must not handle such data.

    This is not optional, Obstructing Injustice is DUTY!

    #CBP #CopCity #DuressPasscode

  23. Concerning the recent case where the Gestapo charged someone with some kind of bullshit destroying evidence charge for wiping their own phone to keep CBP out of it at the airport:

    The person being charged for feeding CBP a duress passphrase that wiped their phone in CBP's hands did the right thing and depending on what was on that phone may have kept others out of jail or even prison.

    The rules in this situation are those of solidarity, and those of cyber warfare.

    CBP is lucky a wiped phone is all they got. This could have been a cheap burnphone "encrypted" with a weak passphrase (1234 maybe?), and some strong ransomware.

    Flash drives can be fun too.

    Some years ago, someone near Boston set their heart on some flash drive fun. They got some cheap flash drives, loaded them up right nice, then salted the parking lot of a police station with the flash drives. The department in question was that of one of the suburbs near Boston, not Boston PD itself. All it took was ONE cop finding one of the flash drives and plugging it into his work computer. The whole department was botted, they had to pay ransom to Russian organized crime to get back everything possibly from their warrants to their payroll.

    This was just flash drives found on the ground, not flash drives or a phone forcibly stolen from an opponent who had time to prepare for an attack.

    Yes the Enemy can bring charges for destroying your own data much less botting their Cellbrite box. Would you rather face an obstruction/destruction of evidence charge or get slammed with far bigger charges supported by data on that phone? Still worse you may not be the only person in the line of fire.

    If you are in possession of data that could harm others, it is your OBLIGATION to keep it out of the hands of their enemies without regard to any legal risk or other threats to yourself. If you cannot handle this risk, you also must not handle such data.

    This is not optional, Obstructing Injustice is DUTY!

    #CBP #CopCity #DuressPasscode

  24. Concerning the recent case where the Gestapo charged someone with some kind of bullshit destroying evidence charge for wiping their own phone to keep CBP out of it at the airport:

    The person being charged for feeding CBP a duress passphrase that wiped their phone in CBP's hands did the right thing and depending on what was on that phone may have kept others out of jail or even prison.

    The rules in this situation are those of solidarity, and those of cyber warfare.

    CBP is lucky a wiped phone is all they got. This could have been a cheap burnphone "encrypted" with a weak passphrase (1234 maybe?), and some strong ransomware.

    Flash drives can be fun too.

    Some years ago, someone near Boston set their heart on some flash drive fun. They got some cheap flash drives, loaded them up right nice, then salted the parking lot of a police station with the flash drives. The department in question was that of one of the suburbs near Boston, not Boston PD itself. All it took was ONE cop finding one of the flash drives and plugging it into his work computer. The whole department was botted, they had to pay ransom to Russian organized crime to get back everything possibly from their warrants to their payroll.

    This was just flash drives found on the ground, not flash drives or a phone forcibly stolen from an opponent who had time to prepare for an attack.

    Yes the Enemy can bring charges for destroying your own data much less botting their Cellbrite box. Would you rather face an obstruction/destruction of evidence charge or get slammed with far bigger charges supported by data on that phone? Still worse you may not be the only person in the line of fire.

    If you are in possession of data that could harm others, it is your OBLIGATION to keep it out of the hands of their enemies without regard to any legal risk or other threats to yourself. If you cannot handle this risk, you also must not handle such data.

    This is not optional, Obstructing Injustice is DUTY!

    #CBP #CopCity #DuressPasscode

  25. #CopCity #GrapheneOS

    "US government targets Cop City protester over phone operating system

    Concern over US effort to prosecute Sam Tunick, accused by authorities of wiping his phone using GrapheneOS

    The US Department of Justice is attempting to prosecute an Atlanta resident in connection with the movement against the police training center known as Cop City because he had GrapheneOS on his phone, an open-source operating system that enables users to enter a passcode and wipe a phone clean.

    The case, which had its first hearing on Monday, centers on a little-known US federal statute that makes it a crime to destroy property in an effort to prevent it from being seized.

    Experts said it may be the first time the law has been aimed at the operating system, which works on Google Pixel phones, and expressed concerns about a technology created for privacy and security being used to criminalize protesters.

    'It’s concerning – and sends the message that [GrapheneOS] is criminal by default,' said Christophe Boutry, a cybersecurity and surveillance expert. Boutry and Bill Buddington, senior staff technologist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, both said they had not seen a similar case.

    The defendant, Sam Tunick, was stopped for interrogation at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport on 24 January last year, after vacationing in the Dominican Republic. Unbeknown to him, federal authorities had put him on a terrorism watchlist because of his alleged association with the movement against Cop City.'

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

  26. #CopCity #GrapheneOS

    "US government targets Cop City protester over phone operating system

    Concern over US effort to prosecute Sam Tunick, accused by authorities of wiping his phone using GrapheneOS

    The US Department of Justice is attempting to prosecute an Atlanta resident in connection with the movement against the police training center known as Cop City because he had GrapheneOS on his phone, an open-source operating system that enables users to enter a passcode and wipe a phone clean.

    The case, which had its first hearing on Monday, centers on a little-known US federal statute that makes it a crime to destroy property in an effort to prevent it from being seized.

    Experts said it may be the first time the law has been aimed at the operating system, which works on Google Pixel phones, and expressed concerns about a technology created for privacy and security being used to criminalize protesters.

    'It’s concerning – and sends the message that [GrapheneOS] is criminal by default,' said Christophe Boutry, a cybersecurity and surveillance expert. Boutry and Bill Buddington, senior staff technologist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, both said they had not seen a similar case.

    The defendant, Sam Tunick, was stopped for interrogation at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport on 24 January last year, after vacationing in the Dominican Republic. Unbeknown to him, federal authorities had put him on a terrorism watchlist because of his alleged association with the movement against Cop City.'

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

  27. #CopCity #GrapheneOS

    "US government targets Cop City protester over phone operating system

    Concern over US effort to prosecute Sam Tunick, accused by authorities of wiping his phone using GrapheneOS

    The US Department of Justice is attempting to prosecute an Atlanta resident in connection with the movement against the police training center known as Cop City because he had GrapheneOS on his phone, an open-source operating system that enables users to enter a passcode and wipe a phone clean.

    The case, which had its first hearing on Monday, centers on a little-known US federal statute that makes it a crime to destroy property in an effort to prevent it from being seized.

    Experts said it may be the first time the law has been aimed at the operating system, which works on Google Pixel phones, and expressed concerns about a technology created for privacy and security being used to criminalize protesters.

    'It’s concerning – and sends the message that [GrapheneOS] is criminal by default,' said Christophe Boutry, a cybersecurity and surveillance expert. Boutry and Bill Buddington, senior staff technologist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, both said they had not seen a similar case.

    The defendant, Sam Tunick, was stopped for interrogation at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport on 24 January last year, after vacationing in the Dominican Republic. Unbeknown to him, federal authorities had put him on a terrorism watchlist because of his alleged association with the movement against Cop City.'

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

  28. #CopCity #GrapheneOS

    "US government targets Cop City protester over phone operating system

    Concern over US effort to prosecute Sam Tunick, accused by authorities of wiping his phone using GrapheneOS

    The US Department of Justice is attempting to prosecute an Atlanta resident in connection with the movement against the police training center known as Cop City because he had GrapheneOS on his phone, an open-source operating system that enables users to enter a passcode and wipe a phone clean.

    The case, which had its first hearing on Monday, centers on a little-known US federal statute that makes it a crime to destroy property in an effort to prevent it from being seized.

    Experts said it may be the first time the law has been aimed at the operating system, which works on Google Pixel phones, and expressed concerns about a technology created for privacy and security being used to criminalize protesters.

    'It’s concerning – and sends the message that [GrapheneOS] is criminal by default,' said Christophe Boutry, a cybersecurity and surveillance expert. Boutry and Bill Buddington, senior staff technologist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, both said they had not seen a similar case.

    The defendant, Sam Tunick, was stopped for interrogation at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport on 24 January last year, after vacationing in the Dominican Republic. Unbeknown to him, federal authorities had put him on a terrorism watchlist because of his alleged association with the movement against Cop City.'

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

  29. The U.S. Justice Department is prosecuting an American
    for allegedly providing U.S. border authorities with a passcode that wiped the contents of his phone,
    according to an indictment and media reports. 

    This is thought to be the first known case in the United States where federal prosecutors have charged someone for the alleged destruction of data using a “duress” password built into a phone’s software.

    According to The Guardian, which covered the story earlier this week following the court’s first hearing on Monday,
    Atlanta resident Samuel Tunick is fighting the charges.

    Tunick’s attorneys said that it was unlawful for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to seize his phone as he arrived back in the U.S. last year
    and that any evidence
    — including the alleged wiping of his phone
    — should be thrown out.

    The case centers on a feature included in GrapheneOS, a custom Android operating system that runs in place of the software on most modern Google Pixel devices.

    Tunick’s attorneys confirmed GrapheneOS was running on his phone.

    The software feature allows the device owner to set a passcode that deliberately wipes the contents of that device if entered instead of the user’s unlock passcode.

    Tunick’s case also raises ongoing questions about what constitutional rights can be invoked at the border,
    which the U.S. government has long asserted is not U.S. soil until a person is authorized to enter.

    The government’s indictment, which contains a typo (“Untied States Code”),
    accuses Tunick of allegedly providing a passcode to border agents that caused the phone
    to “delete the digital contents,”
    prior to the device being seized.

    Tunick’s attorneys filed a motion to suppress the evidence, claiming that the detention and the seizure were unlawful.

    The motion said U.S. border authorities took Tunick into a secondary inspection at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport as he returned from overseas on January 24, 2025,
    but that he was repeatedly denied access to an attorney and was not informed of his legal rights.

    Tunick’s attorneys accused the government of demanding access to his phone under the pretext of searching for child exploitation imagery,
    but without providing evidence to justify its suspicion.

    His motion to suppress argued that the government was instead investigating him over his association with a
    long-running environmental movement called "Defend the Atlanta Forest", which opposes the development of a sprawling training campus for law enforcement in Atlanta dubbed “Cop City.”

    #duresspasscode #grapheneos
    #copcity #atlanta #samueltunik

    techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/us-a

  30. The U.S. Justice Department is prosecuting an American
    for allegedly providing U.S. border authorities with a passcode that wiped the contents of his phone,
    according to an indictment and media reports. 

    This is thought to be the first known case in the United States where federal prosecutors have charged someone for the alleged destruction of data using a “duress” password built into a phone’s software.

    According to The Guardian, which covered the story earlier this week following the court’s first hearing on Monday,
    Atlanta resident Samuel Tunick is fighting the charges.

    Tunick’s attorneys said that it was unlawful for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to seize his phone as he arrived back in the U.S. last year
    and that any evidence
    — including the alleged wiping of his phone
    — should be thrown out.

    The case centers on a feature included in GrapheneOS, a custom Android operating system that runs in place of the software on most modern Google Pixel devices.

    Tunick’s attorneys confirmed GrapheneOS was running on his phone.

    The software feature allows the device owner to set a passcode that deliberately wipes the contents of that device if entered instead of the user’s unlock passcode.

    Tunick’s case also raises ongoing questions about what constitutional rights can be invoked at the border,
    which the U.S. government has long asserted is not U.S. soil until a person is authorized to enter.

    The government’s indictment, which contains a typo (“Untied States Code”),
    accuses Tunick of allegedly providing a passcode to border agents that caused the phone
    to “delete the digital contents,”
    prior to the device being seized.

    Tunick’s attorneys filed a motion to suppress the evidence, claiming that the detention and the seizure were unlawful.

    The motion said U.S. border authorities took Tunick into a secondary inspection at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport as he returned from overseas on January 24, 2025,
    but that he was repeatedly denied access to an attorney and was not informed of his legal rights.

    Tunick’s attorneys accused the government of demanding access to his phone under the pretext of searching for child exploitation imagery,
    but without providing evidence to justify its suspicion.

    His motion to suppress argued that the government was instead investigating him over his association with a
    long-running environmental movement called "Defend the Atlanta Forest", which opposes the development of a sprawling training campus for law enforcement in Atlanta dubbed “Cop City.”

    #duresspasscode #grapheneos
    #copcity #atlanta #samueltunik

    techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/us-a

  31. The U.S. Justice Department is prosecuting an American
    for allegedly providing U.S. border authorities with a passcode that wiped the contents of his phone,
    according to an indictment and media reports. 

    This is thought to be the first known case in the United States where federal prosecutors have charged someone for the alleged destruction of data using a “duress” password built into a phone’s software.

    According to The Guardian, which covered the story earlier this week following the court’s first hearing on Monday,
    Atlanta resident Samuel Tunick is fighting the charges.

    Tunick’s attorneys said that it was unlawful for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to seize his phone as he arrived back in the U.S. last year
    and that any evidence
    — including the alleged wiping of his phone
    — should be thrown out.

    The case centers on a feature included in GrapheneOS, a custom Android operating system that runs in place of the software on most modern Google Pixel devices.

    Tunick’s attorneys confirmed GrapheneOS was running on his phone.

    The software feature allows the device owner to set a passcode that deliberately wipes the contents of that device if entered instead of the user’s unlock passcode.

    Tunick’s case also raises ongoing questions about what constitutional rights can be invoked at the border,
    which the U.S. government has long asserted is not U.S. soil until a person is authorized to enter.

    The government’s indictment, which contains a typo (“Untied States Code”),
    accuses Tunick of allegedly providing a passcode to border agents that caused the phone
    to “delete the digital contents,”
    prior to the device being seized.

    Tunick’s attorneys filed a motion to suppress the evidence, claiming that the detention and the seizure were unlawful.

    The motion said U.S. border authorities took Tunick into a secondary inspection at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport as he returned from overseas on January 24, 2025,
    but that he was repeatedly denied access to an attorney and was not informed of his legal rights.

    Tunick’s attorneys accused the government of demanding access to his phone under the pretext of searching for child exploitation imagery,
    but without providing evidence to justify its suspicion.

    His motion to suppress argued that the government was instead investigating him over his association with a
    long-running environmental movement called "Defend the Atlanta Forest", which opposes the development of a sprawling training campus for law enforcement in Atlanta dubbed “Cop City.”

    #duresspasscode #grapheneos
    #copcity #atlanta #samueltunik

    techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/us-a

  32. The U.S. Justice Department is prosecuting an American
    for allegedly providing U.S. border authorities with a passcode that wiped the contents of his phone,
    according to an indictment and media reports. 

    This is thought to be the first known case in the United States where federal prosecutors have charged someone for the alleged destruction of data using a “duress” password built into a phone’s software.

    According to The Guardian, which covered the story earlier this week following the court’s first hearing on Monday,
    Atlanta resident Samuel Tunick is fighting the charges.

    Tunick’s attorneys said that it was unlawful for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to seize his phone as he arrived back in the U.S. last year
    and that any evidence
    — including the alleged wiping of his phone
    — should be thrown out.

    The case centers on a feature included in GrapheneOS, a custom Android operating system that runs in place of the software on most modern Google Pixel devices.

    Tunick’s attorneys confirmed GrapheneOS was running on his phone.

    The software feature allows the device owner to set a passcode that deliberately wipes the contents of that device if entered instead of the user’s unlock passcode.

    Tunick’s case also raises ongoing questions about what constitutional rights can be invoked at the border,
    which the U.S. government has long asserted is not U.S. soil until a person is authorized to enter.

    The government’s indictment, which contains a typo (“Untied States Code”),
    accuses Tunick of allegedly providing a passcode to border agents that caused the phone
    to “delete the digital contents,”
    prior to the device being seized.

    Tunick’s attorneys filed a motion to suppress the evidence, claiming that the detention and the seizure were unlawful.

    The motion said U.S. border authorities took Tunick into a secondary inspection at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport as he returned from overseas on January 24, 2025,
    but that he was repeatedly denied access to an attorney and was not informed of his legal rights.

    Tunick’s attorneys accused the government of demanding access to his phone under the pretext of searching for child exploitation imagery,
    but without providing evidence to justify its suspicion.

    His motion to suppress argued that the government was instead investigating him over his association with a
    long-running environmental movement called "Defend the Atlanta Forest", which opposes the development of a sprawling training campus for law enforcement in Atlanta dubbed “Cop City.”

    #duresspasscode #grapheneos
    #copcity #atlanta #samueltunik

    techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/us-a

  33. The U.S. Justice Department is prosecuting an American
    for allegedly providing U.S. border authorities with a passcode that wiped the contents of his phone,
    according to an indictment and media reports. 

    This is thought to be the first known case in the United States where federal prosecutors have charged someone for the alleged destruction of data using a “duress” password built into a phone’s software.

    According to The Guardian, which covered the story earlier this week following the court’s first hearing on Monday,
    Atlanta resident Samuel Tunick is fighting the charges.

    Tunick’s attorneys said that it was unlawful for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to seize his phone as he arrived back in the U.S. last year
    and that any evidence
    — including the alleged wiping of his phone
    — should be thrown out.

    The case centers on a feature included in GrapheneOS, a custom Android operating system that runs in place of the software on most modern Google Pixel devices.

    Tunick’s attorneys confirmed GrapheneOS was running on his phone.

    The software feature allows the device owner to set a passcode that deliberately wipes the contents of that device if entered instead of the user’s unlock passcode.

    Tunick’s case also raises ongoing questions about what constitutional rights can be invoked at the border,
    which the U.S. government has long asserted is not U.S. soil until a person is authorized to enter.

    The government’s indictment, which contains a typo (“Untied States Code”),
    accuses Tunick of allegedly providing a passcode to border agents that caused the phone
    to “delete the digital contents,”
    prior to the device being seized.

    Tunick’s attorneys filed a motion to suppress the evidence, claiming that the detention and the seizure were unlawful.

    The motion said U.S. border authorities took Tunick into a secondary inspection at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport as he returned from overseas on January 24, 2025,
    but that he was repeatedly denied access to an attorney and was not informed of his legal rights.

    Tunick’s attorneys accused the government of demanding access to his phone under the pretext of searching for child exploitation imagery,
    but without providing evidence to justify its suspicion.

    His motion to suppress argued that the government was instead investigating him over his association with a
    long-running environmental movement called "Defend the Atlanta Forest", which opposes the development of a sprawling training campus for law enforcement in Atlanta dubbed “Cop City.”

    #duresspasscode #grapheneos
    #copcity #atlanta #samueltunik

    techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/us-a

  34. #US accuses American, a #CopCity #protester, of allegedly wiping his phone using a ‘duress’ password during border search
    Concern over US effort to prosecute #SamTunick, accused by authorities of wiping his phone using the #OpenSource #GrapheneOS
    Experts said it may be the first time law has been aimed at operating system, which works on Google Pixel phones, and expressed concerns about a technology created for #privacy and security being used to criminalize protesters.
    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

  35. #US accuses American, a #CopCity #protester, of allegedly wiping his phone using a ‘duress’ password during border search
    Concern over US effort to prosecute #SamTunick, accused by authorities of wiping his phone using the #OpenSource #GrapheneOS
    Experts said it may be the first time law has been aimed at operating system, which works on Google Pixel phones, and expressed concerns about a technology created for #privacy and security being used to criminalize protesters.
    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

  36. accuses American, a , of allegedly wiping his phone using a ‘duress’ password during border search
    Concern over US effort to prosecute , accused by authorities of wiping his phone using the
    Experts said it may be the first time law has been aimed at operating system, which works on Google Pixel phones, and expressed concerns about a technology created for and security being used to criminalize protesters.
    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

  37. #US accuses American, a #CopCity #protester, of allegedly wiping his phone using a ‘duress’ password during border search
    Concern over US effort to prosecute #SamTunick, accused by authorities of wiping his phone using the #OpenSource #GrapheneOS
    Experts said it may be the first time law has been aimed at operating system, which works on Google Pixel phones, and expressed concerns about a technology created for #privacy and security being used to criminalize protesters.
    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

  38. #US accuses American, a #CopCity #protester, of allegedly wiping his phone using a ‘duress’ password during border search
    Concern over US effort to prosecute #SamTunick, accused by authorities of wiping his phone using the #OpenSource #GrapheneOS
    Experts said it may be the first time law has been aimed at operating system, which works on Google Pixel phones, and expressed concerns about a technology created for #privacy and security being used to criminalize protesters.
    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

  39. Wenn du ins Visier der Sicherheitsbehörden gerätst, weil du #GrapheneOS auf deinem Handy hast, dann weißt du: Du hast genau das richtige Betriebssystem gewählt. ✊
    #atlanta #copcity #samtunick #privacymatters

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

  40. Wenn du ins Visier der Sicherheitsbehörden gerätst, weil du #GrapheneOS auf deinem Handy hast, dann weißt du: Du hast genau das richtige Betriebssystem gewählt. ✊
    #atlanta #copcity #samtunick #privacymatters

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

  41. Wenn du ins Visier der Sicherheitsbehörden gerätst, weil du #GrapheneOS auf deinem Handy hast, dann weißt du: Du hast genau das richtige Betriebssystem gewählt. ✊
    #atlanta #copcity #samtunick #privacymatters

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

  42. Wenn du ins Visier der Sicherheitsbehörden gerätst, weil du #GrapheneOS auf deinem Handy hast, dann weißt du: Du hast genau das richtige Betriebssystem gewählt. ✊
    #atlanta #copcity #samtunick #privacymatters

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

  43. Wenn du ins Visier der Sicherheitsbehörden gerätst, weil du #GrapheneOS auf deinem Handy hast, dann weißt du: Du hast genau das richtige Betriebssystem gewählt. ✊
    #atlanta #copcity #samtunick #privacymatters

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

  44. US prosecutors are moving against Atlanta resident Sam Tunick over the Cop City protest movement, alleging he had GrapheneOS on his phone used to wipe data after a passcode #duressPin during airport questioning. Experts warn the case could brand privacy tech as “criminal” — ⚖️🔒📱 theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j #CopCity #GrapheneOS #DOJ

    :msmusicnotes: It's beginning to look a lot like fascism… everywhere I go… :msmusicnotes:

  45. US prosecutors are moving against Atlanta resident Sam Tunick over the Cop City protest movement, alleging he had GrapheneOS on his phone used to wipe data after a passcode #duressPin during airport questioning. Experts warn the case could brand privacy tech as “criminal” — ⚖️🔒📱 theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j #CopCity #GrapheneOS #DOJ

    :msmusicnotes: It's beginning to look a lot like fascism… everywhere I go… :msmusicnotes:

  46. US prosecutors are moving against Atlanta resident Sam Tunick over the Cop City protest movement, alleging he had GrapheneOS on his phone used to wipe data after a passcode #duressPin during airport questioning. Experts warn the case could brand privacy tech as “criminal” — ⚖️🔒📱 theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j #CopCity #GrapheneOS #DOJ

    :msmusicnotes: It's beginning to look a lot like fascism… everywhere I go… :msmusicnotes:

  47. US prosecutors are moving against Atlanta resident Sam Tunick over the Cop City protest movement, alleging he had GrapheneOS on his phone used to wipe data after a passcode during airport questioning. Experts warn the case could brand privacy tech as “criminal” — ⚖️🔒📱 theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

    :msmusicnotes: It's beginning to look a lot like fascism… everywhere I go… :msmusicnotes:

  48. US prosecutors are moving against Atlanta resident Sam Tunick over the Cop City protest movement, alleging he had GrapheneOS on his phone used to wipe data after a passcode #duressPin during airport questioning. Experts warn the case could brand privacy tech as “criminal” — ⚖️🔒📱 theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j #CopCity #GrapheneOS #DOJ

    :msmusicnotes: It's beginning to look a lot like fascism… everywhere I go… :msmusicnotes:

  49. #TheGuardian:
    "
    US government targets Cop City protester over phone operating system
    "
    "Concern over US effort to prosecute Sam Tunick, accused by authorities of wiping his phone using GrapheneOS"

    "“It’s concerning – and sends the message that [GrapheneOS] is criminal by default,” said Christophe Boutry,.."

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

    23.7.2026

    #authoritarianism #BigBrother #CopCity #Crime #Cybersecurity #Cybersicherheit #GrapheneOS #Kriminalisierung #OS #PoliceState #privacy #Smartphone

  50. #TheGuardian:
    "
    US government targets Cop City protester over phone operating system
    "
    "Concern over US effort to prosecute Sam Tunick, accused by authorities of wiping his phone using GrapheneOS"

    "“It’s concerning – and sends the message that [GrapheneOS] is criminal by default,” said Christophe Boutry,.."

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

    23.7.2026

    #authoritarianism #BigBrother #CopCity #Crime #Cybersecurity #Cybersicherheit #GrapheneOS #Kriminalisierung #OS #PoliceState #privacy #Smartphone

  51. #TheGuardian:
    "
    US government targets Cop City protester over phone operating system
    "
    "Concern over US effort to prosecute Sam Tunick, accused by authorities of wiping his phone using GrapheneOS"

    "“It’s concerning – and sends the message that [GrapheneOS] is criminal by default,” said Christophe Boutry,.."

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

    23.7.2026

    #authoritarianism #BigBrother #CopCity #Crime #Cybersecurity #Cybersicherheit #GrapheneOS #Kriminalisierung #OS #PoliceState #privacy #Smartphone

  52. #TheGuardian:
    "
    US government targets Cop City protester over phone operating system
    "
    "Concern over US effort to prosecute Sam Tunick, accused by authorities of wiping his phone using GrapheneOS"

    "“It’s concerning – and sends the message that [GrapheneOS] is criminal by default,” said Christophe Boutry,.."

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

    23.7.2026

    #authoritarianism #BigBrother #CopCity #Crime #Cybersecurity #Cybersicherheit #GrapheneOS #Kriminalisierung #OS #PoliceState #privacy #Smartphone

  53. #TheGuardian:
    "
    US government targets Cop City protester over phone operating system
    "
    "Concern over US effort to prosecute Sam Tunick, accused by authorities of wiping his phone using GrapheneOS"

    "“It’s concerning – and sends the message that [GrapheneOS] is criminal by default,” said Christophe Boutry,.."

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

    23.7.2026

    #authoritarianism #BigBrother #CopCity #Crime #Cybersecurity #Cybersicherheit #GrapheneOS #Kriminalisierung #OS #PoliceState #privacy #Smartphone