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@evacide@hachyderm.io 6 hours ago

This matters a lot because people are constantly asking me if they should set up a duress passcode in order to fool law enforcement.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/us-accuses-american-of-allegedly-wiping-his-phone-using-a-duress-password-during-border-search/

US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a 'duress' password during border search | TechCrunch

A U.S. citizen has asked a court to throw out the government's claim that he gave over a passcode to border authorities that wiped his phone's data, opening up fresh questions about a person's constitutional rights at the U.S. border.

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@rrb@infosec.exchange 6 hours ago

@evacide Don't most of these devices have wear leveling, which makes erase programs ineffective?

https://ssd.eff.org/glossary/wear-leveling

Or am I misinformed? Or do they just nuke the key?

Wear leveling

Some forms of digital storage, like the flash memory used in solid-state drives (SSD) and USB sticks, can wear out if overwritten many times. Wear leveling is a method that spreads the writing of data evenly across all of the media to prevent one part of it being overwritten too...

@millie@infosec.exchange 6 hours ago

@evacide honestly skill issue on part of law enforcement for not

1. copying the encrypted content before attempting decrypt
2. using the built-in software for decryption

this is like digital forensics 101