Border agents entered his password. His phone erased itself. Now he faces a felony

A Cop City protester was forced to give his password during a warrantless border search, per Boing Boing. Samuel Tunick provided a duress password—a built-in privacy feature designed to securely erase a phone if forced to unlock it. When federal agents entered the code, the device wiped itself. Now prosecutors are charging Tunick with a felony, arguing that deleting data to prevent warrantless seizure is a crime.

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