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FoxtrotDeltaTango@FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works
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‘The Government Hopes To Set a Precedent’: An Interview With the Man Charged for Allegedly Wiping His GrapheneOS Phone

cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/33313028

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www.404media.co/the-government-hopes-to-set-a-precedent-an-interview-with-the-man-charged-for-allegedly-wiping-his-grapheneos-phone/
404 Media‘The Government Hopes To Set a Precedent’: An Interview With the Man Charged for Allegedly Wiping His GrapheneOS PhoneThe U.S. government has charged Samuel Tunick with allegedly typing in a passcode to wipe his phone before officers could search it. “I hope people understand that the charges against me are meant to intimidate people,” he said.
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IllNess@IllNess@infosec.pub
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The government is a bunch of clowns. What gives them the right to tell him what he can or can’t do with his own personal device?

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cadekat@cadekat@pawb.social
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To be clear I don’t agree with this statement, but the steelman counterargument would be something like: if the president of the United States were to destroy evidence of a crime, shouldn’t that also be a crime?

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thejml@thejml@sh.itjust.works
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He has, and as far as I know he hasn’t been held accountable, so I guess this guy’s fine, right?

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mierdabird@mierdabird@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Have to be accused of a crime first for this to apply. The victim here was purely the target of extra customs search due to his support of a politically unfavored cause

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Dharma Curious (he/him)@dharmacurious@slrpnk.net
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What was he supporting? And how did they know he supported it?

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KairuByte@KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Can’t bother to read the article?

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