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

[luvhusky]

They laugh about it. As a bartender who works in fine dining I hear their conversations and it’s all like a joke. One day they will be held accountable I hope 

also AI uses everything we do to learn but doesn’t pay anyone for their services 

[+ Gar1eth]

33 minutes ago, luvhusky said:

They laugh about it

Who are  "they"?

[luvhusky]

35 minutes ago, Gar1eth said:

Who are  "they"?

Tech bros having drinks after work 

[+ BOZO T CLOWN]

On 7/30/2026 at 6:27 PM, Gar1eth said:

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

 And you find it "chilling" that a criminal statute is actually being enforced?

"US courts have held previously -- though not unanimously -- that a warrantless search at the border is legal including a forensic search of electronic devices."

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260729-us-man-accused-of-destroying-evidence-by-wiping-phone-at-airport

Every time you go thru airport security you are required to empty your pockets. Your pocket contents and carry-on luggage are both subject to search. Do you find that chilling? Checked luggage is also subject to search. Do you also find that "chilling"? What do you think would happen if you attempted to prevent CBP from searching your luggage or other items placed in the tray at the security area? You would likely be arrested just like Mr. Tunick. 

Do you think that citizens should be allowed to pick and choose which laws they want to obey? Like choosing an appetizer off a Chinese restaurant menu. Two from Column A and one from Column B. If Mr. Tunick had nothing to hide he shouldn't have given CBP the passcode which wiped his device clean.  It is illegal to destroy or damage property to stop authorities from seizing it. Period.
A duress passcode is not a get-out-of-jail free card.

How this is even a conversation? For goodness sakes, this guy is on the federal watchlist! Do a little bit of research before commenting.  Having grapheneos and deleting everything on demand just makes him more suspicious. .

"...federal authorities had put him on a terrorism watchlist because of his alleged association with the movement against Cop City."

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/23/cop-city-protester-phone 

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