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‘The Government Hopes To Set a Precedent’: An Interview With the Man Charged for Allegedly Wiping His GrapheneOS Phone (www.404media.co)
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[–] 62 points 3 months ago (5 children)

The government is a bunch of clowns. What gives them the right to tell him what he can or can't do with his own personal device?

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    To be clear I don't agree with this statement, but the steelman counterargument would be something like: if the president of the United States were to destroy evidence of a crime, shouldn't that also be a crime?

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  • [–] 56 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Have to be accused of a crime first for this to apply. The victim here was purely the target of extra customs search due to his support of a politically unfavored cause

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    • [–] 44 points 3 months ago

    If this goes through it sets a precedent for the government declaring someone a criminal for being in a political organisation simply unfavorable to them. He couldn't destroy evidence if he wasn't a criminal could be the take-home-message between the lines they intend to propagate.

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    [–] 6 points 3 months ago

    Story has already changed. Originally it was him giving border agents the kill code which they entered.

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