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The US is charging an American citizen for wiping his phone at the border

The Verge · Sun, 26 Jul 2026 18:45:50 GMT

The government is prosecuting US citizen Sam Tunick for allegedly providing authorities with a "duress password" that wiped his phone when they tried to seize it at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airport on January 24th, 2025. Federal agents detained Tunick at the airport, allegedl

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