GrapheneOS - Did Tunick Provide a Duress Password?
The GrapheneOS. Duress passwords. It's all over the news. This is the case of Samuel Tunick, who was detained by CBP when he returned to the United States via the Atlanta airport. The Government alleges he provided a password to agents that would wipe his phone. It's been reported that his phone had GrapheneOS installed on it. According to the article from The Guardian ( https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/23/cop-city-protester-phone ), " Agent Findley and several others repeatedly asked Tunick to open his phone during the interrogation, telling him they would seize it if he did not. When he finally provided a passcode, “the screen went blank, flashed several times and the phone appeared to restart”, according to the motion." Here's the direct quote from the motion regarding the phone password " Mr. Tunick provided a password to his cell phone and e-reader. According to the government, when the CBP officers entered the password on Case 1:25-cr-0049...