“But if your life situation or travel plans make that impossible, the privacy-centric Android variant Graphene OS has another purported solution: a duress password and PIN, which will irreversibly wipe the device (along with any installed eSIMs) once entered anywhere where the device credentials are requested. Picture it. You uncomplainingly tell the authorities what your PIN and password are. They punch them in, expecting to be able to feast on juicy gossip, but instead the phone bricks itself and they get nada. It’s beautiful.”
“Yes, my phone is acting weird. That’s because I just used a cool piece of software to wipe its contents. Can I go now?”
“We all have a right to secure our private data against unconstitutional searches. And we should – especially in a time of rising authoritarianism.”
Note author: looked into compatibility, Google Pixel 10a would be fine but still security comes at a (literal) price, using a burner phone in the first place might be easier and cheaper.
