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Activist charged with felony after giving border agent "duress code" that wiped his phone
The government says destroying his own data during an airport interrogation was illegal.
arstechnica.com
I mentioned this news story in another thread, but this would be a great idea. We should invest in a phone that can use a "distress code" which wipes all data, for when the pigs want to search it.
Even if (ESPECIALLY IF) we did nothing wrong. And if we're asked about it? Just say it was an accident. Make your "standard" unlock code and the "distress" one, similar. One digit off. Eg, 12345 and 12346. Say you got nervous or flustered. Say you just got the phone recently.
I have done nothing wrong or illegal, and I am not encouraging others to do so. This is just a way to preserve privacy. The CBP pricks know you can't say no, and would feel intimidated. So they search your phone because they can.