Self-destructing phone code sparks federal case

Samuel Tunick was charged with a federal felony after a GrapheneOS duress PIN allegedly deleted data from his Google Pixel during a U.S. Customs and Border Protection phone search at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. A duress PIN is a security feature that erases device data when a specific code is entered. The case centers on whether using such a feature constitutes obstruction of a government search.

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