U.S. Citizen Deleted Phone’s Data. Now Faces A Felony Charge

[+ Gar1eth]

This is chilling!!

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/us/duress-password-phone-wipe-charge.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1lA.bRWy.o90_nRNjccz-&smid=nytcore-ios-share

[BigDMike]

I can't play that game

Apple iPhones do not have a built-in duress passcode or a specific hidden PIN that triggers a silent data wipe. Duress-wipe features are natively associated with alternative operating systems like GrapheneOS on Google Pixel devices rather than iOS. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

[jeezifonly]

Can the prosecution prove that the motivation was more than reason he'd grab his phone back from his spouse: simply not wanting them to see photos of sexual impropriety? 🤷

[+ Italiano]

This is unf&c$ingbelievable....

Where will we get to??

[+ sync]

So, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are now felonies?

[luvhusky]

We are getting lower and lower by the minute. Corruption by tech and I can’t even talk about politics here so….. fill in the rest. Y’all know what’s happening 

[luvhusky]

What’s even more messed up is that tech probably already knows 100% of the contents of that phone. Sorry I’m stewing in this this morning

[Nightowl]

Proving guilt is going to be an uphill batt for the prosecution 

[BigDMike]

8 hours ago, luvhusky said:

What’s even more messed up is that tech probably already knows 100% of the contents of that phone. Sorry I’m stewing in this this morning

I would agree with you here.....it's sorta like how Instagram or Facebook feeds me stuff based on say a conversation I'm having with a friend at dinner.  Sure enough....later that evening, my feed is filled with posts that are just like that topic.  I have turned on and programmed every imaginable security and privacy setting there is...and yet I still see it.  I've given up