A Feature That Makes Your Phone Data Self-Destruct in Authorities’ Hands May Soon Have Its Day in Court

Per io9, a court case involving an Atlanta-area activist is testing the legality of a phone feature designed to self-destruct data when authorities access it. The defendant denies the charges—setting up a question that courts may now have to answer: is such a feature even illegal?

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