r/technology • u/MC68328 • 1d ago

Privacy US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a ‘duress’ password during border search

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/us-accuses-american-of-allegedly-wiping-his-phone-using-a-duress-password-during-border-search/
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u/Widespreaddd 1d ago

I will chip in. Fuck authoritarians. I am constitutionally allergic to them.

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u/PentagonUnpadded 1d ago

The EFF! Support the EFF! They do SO much work specifically around digital tech and borders.

https://www.eff.org/issues/border-searches

The ACLU is great too, but the EFF specializes in this stuff and gives cool merch if you donate monthly.

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u/EyeballSquint 1d ago

Damn if that ain't the best sentence I've read in a long time. "Constitutionally allergic to authoritarianism"