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GrapheneOS Wipe at Airport Leads to Federal Charge in Atlanta | Reclaim The Net
Border search law, Fifth Amendment claims, and Cop City politics collide in an Atlanta federal court case.
The Justice Department is asking a federal court in Atlanta to treat a man’s erasure of his own phone as destruction of property, in the first known US prosecution built on a phone’s duress password.
Samuel Tunick faces one count under Title 18, Section 2232(a), a statute covering the destruction of property to stop the government from taking it. Prosecutors say he handed Customs and Border Protection officers a passcode that deleted the contents of his Google Pixel instead of unlocking it. His lawyers appeared before the court for the first time on Monday, arguing that officers ran a custodial interrogation without Miranda warnings, denied him a lawyer, and searched him unlawfully. They want everything obtained from the encounter suppressed.
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#Dystopia #BigBrother #DataWipe
#GrapheneOS #US
Border search law, Fifth Amendment claims, and Cop City politics collide in an Atlanta federal court case.
The Justice Department is asking a federal court in Atlanta to treat a man’s erasure of his own phone as destruction of property, in the first known US prosecution built on a phone’s duress password.
Samuel Tunick faces one count under Title 18, Section 2232(a), a statute covering the destruction of property to stop the government from taking it. Prosecutors say he handed Customs and Border Protection officers a passcode that deleted the contents of his Google Pixel instead of unlocking it. His lawyers appeared before the court for the first time on Monday, arguing that officers ran a custodial interrogation without Miranda warnings, denied him a lawyer, and searched him unlawfully. They want everything obtained from the encounter suppressed.
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#Dystopia #BigBrother #DataWipe
#GrapheneOS #US
You Can Say No: How to Opt Out of Facial Recognition at the Airport (2026) | FacePrivacy Blog
The camera at the TSA podium is optional. That's official policy — not a loophole, not a favor. But the signage is easy to miss, agents don't always volunteer it, and by the time most travelers wonder if they had a choice, the scan is done. Here's how to decline, in seven words.
"Face scanning at U.S. airport checkpoints has gone from pilot program to default. TSA already uses facial comparison at hundreds of checkpoints, and its "Touchless ID" program is slated to reach roughly 65 airports by Spring 2026.
The technology is presented as a convenience — look at the camera, skip the fumbling. What's presented much more quietly is that, for standard domestic screening, you can simply decline."
#US #BiometricID #AirportBiometricScanning
#FacialRecognition
#BigBrother #Dystopia
Every day, surveillance infrastructure expands, maintaining facial privacy will become nearly impossible within this decade.
The camera at the TSA podium is optional. That's official policy — not a loophole, not a favor. But the signage is easy to miss, agents don't always volunteer it, and by the time most travelers wonder if they had a choice, the scan is done. Here's how to decline, in seven words.
"Face scanning at U.S. airport checkpoints has gone from pilot program to default. TSA already uses facial comparison at hundreds of checkpoints, and its "Touchless ID" program is slated to reach roughly 65 airports by Spring 2026.
The technology is presented as a convenience — look at the camera, skip the fumbling. What's presented much more quietly is that, for standard domestic screening, you can simply decline."
#US #BiometricID #AirportBiometricScanning
#FacialRecognition
#BigBrother #Dystopia
Every day, surveillance infrastructure expands, maintaining facial privacy will become nearly impossible within this decade.