#samueltunick — Public Fediverse posts
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#American Who Wiped His Phone With 'Duress' Password During Border Search Gets #Felony Charges
#US Citizen Who Deleted Phone’s Data Says His Prosecution Puts #Privacy at Risk
#SamuelTunick, faces a felony for deleting his phone’s data during an airport customs search, called the government’s peering into people’s private lives “creepy.”
#CPB wanted to search his phone. After questioning, he eventually turned it over but gave a passcode that then erased the Pixel phone.
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Can police LEGALLY require you to unlock your phone?
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The Samuel Tunick video is still going, amazingly. Just passed 10k views, the first video on my channel to do so. (And hopefully not the last.)
#YouTube #SamuelTunick #Privacy #Technology #Tech #GrapheneOS
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Holy smokes, my video is still going! Almost 6k views, and I've blown past 150 subscribers to 173. It's surreal to think I'm knocking on the door of 200 after only having 15 for my first five months.
This is also bonkers for a video I made on a whim.
Here's the video if you'd like to view it. Please hit the like button if you do, as that helps us small creators immensely.
#YouTube #SamuelTunick #Privacy #Video #Technology #Tech #CivilDisobedience #GrapheneOS
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A #GrapheneOS #Privacy Feature Became Basis for Federal Indictment
#SamuelTunick faces up to five years in prison after code he gave #CBP wiped his #phone.
Cause of all this was deletion of a Google Pixel #smartphone's contents during a border search, and the case itself sits in the Northern District of Georgia under case number 1:25-CR-499, before District Judge Eleanor L. Ross.
If Tunick is found guilty, the charge carries a fine, up to five years in prison, or both.
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‘Government Hopes To Set a Precedent’: An Interview With the Man Charged for Allegedly Wiping His #GrapheneOS #Phone
#US government has charged #SamuelTunick with allegedly typing in a passcode to wipe his phone before officers could search it. “I hope people understand that the charges against me are meant to intimidate people”
The case of Tunick, who participated in #StopCopCity movement, has resonated across #privacy and #civilliberties circles
https://www.404media.co/the-government-hopes-to-set-a-precedent-an-interview-with-the-man-charged-for-allegedly-wiping-his-grapheneos-phone/
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#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."
#Fascism #DefundCBP #DefundICE #HomelandInsecurity #USPol #SilencingDissent #StopCopCity #StopCopCitiesEverywhere #DefendTheForest
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If your'e bored this morning and have six minutes to kill, it's actually a pretty cool story, about a man re-entering the US who (allegedly) gave border agents a password that wiped his phone to their faces.
Dude's a badass.
#SamuelTunick #GrapheneOS #FOSS #Technology #Tech #Privacy #Video #CivilDisobedience #Resist
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Bonus video this week!
I discuss the story of Samuel Tunick, who has a criminal case pending against him for using a 'duress password' to delete his date during a US border entry, and couldn't resist making a video.
If you enjoy the video, please please please tap the like button. This helps us smaller creators immensely.
#Tech #Technology #GrapheneOS #Video #SamuelTunick #YouTube #Privacy #Fascism
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📬 US-Umweltschützer wegen GrapheneOS vor Gericht
#Kommentar #Rechtssachen #CBP #Gericht #GrapheneOS #Kinderpornografie #NotfallPIN #SamuelTunick #Smartphone https://sc.tarnkappe.info/4a48c1