US prosecutors charge Atlanta man after #GrapheneOS phone wipes itself during airport search
"The case centers on ... use of GrapheneOS, an open-source operating system that works on Google Pixel phones and lets users enter a passcode to #wipe a device clean."
"The wipe is now central to the case. Prosecutors are treating it as an intentional act to destroy evidence..."
https://www.techspot.com/news/113236-us-prosecutors-charge-atlanta-man-after-grapheneos-phone.html
#security #privacy #US #opensource #FOSS
npub1pz…kav4r
2026-07-27 12:26:04 UTC
Author Public Key
npub1pzm0d3fffuzwjlheavqm7ak5kgz6t3ye7qs64aewzxlccqklcnastkav4rSeen on
wss://relay.ditto.pubPublished at
2026-07-27 12:26:04 UTCEvent JSON
{
"id": "58f9c2ff2b5f954acff3ba28487bfaf6795585953a068a9aa970a63627819f64",
"pubkey": "08b6f6c5294f04e97ef9eb01bf76d4b205a5c499f021aaf72e11bf8c02dfc4fb",
"created_at": 1785155164,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"t",
"grapheneos"
],
[
"t",
"wipe"
],
[
"t",
"security"
],
[
"t",
"privacy"
],
[
"t",
"us"
],
[
"t",
"opensource"
],
[
"t",
"foss"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://mastodon.social/users/janvlug/statuses/116991928856888810",
"activitypub"
],
[
"client",
"Mostr",
"31990:6be38f8c63df7dbf84db7ec4a6e6fbbd8d19dca3b980efad18585c46f04b26f9:mostr",
"wss://relay.ditto.pub"
]
],
"content": "US prosecutors charge Atlanta man after #GrapheneOS phone wipes itself during airport search\n\n\"The case centers on ... use of GrapheneOS, an open-source operating system that works on Google Pixel phones and lets users enter a passcode to #wipe a device clean.\"\n\n\"The wipe is now central to the case. Prosecutors are treating it as an intentional act to destroy evidence...\"\n\nhttps://www.techspot.com/news/113236-us-prosecutors-charge-atlanta-man-after-grapheneos-phone.html\n\n#security #privacy #US #opensource #FOSS",
"sig": "11bf8796bf30857dacb6d1c32c191cacd1e170063bb1f82bb6438cc3552090dd5679e582d752c0c8b2e54d87ada0d1f13177058ed8df52537cfad2ef57307a92"
}