• Midnitte ( Midnitte@beehaw.org ) 
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    4 months ago

    He was also denied a lawyer 4 times. Fuck the police.

    The motion also states that Tunick asked four times to speak with a lawyer and was denied each time.

  • Ilandar ( Ilandar@lemmy.today ) 
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    4 months ago

    Interesting, I had wondered if/when we’d get a story like this. It seems kind of crazy to me that this guy chose to wipe it in the airport instead of before traveling, particularly if the US actually has laws that allows it to prosecute him in this scenario.

    • Midnitte ( Midnitte@beehaw.org ) 
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      if the US actually has laws that allows it to prosecute him in this scenario.

      Big if.

      Experts said the legal approach is unusual and may be the first time the law has been aimed at an operating system. “It’s concerning – and sends the message that [GrapheneOS] is criminal by default,” said Christophe Boutry, a cybersecurity and surveillance expert. Boutry and Bill Buddington, senior staff technologist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, both said they had not seen a similar case.