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US prosecutors charge Atlanta man after GrapheneOS phone wipes itself during airport search
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2026
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Get fucked, it's enshrined in the U.S. constitution against unreasonable searches and seizures through the 4th ammendment. You are not obligated to incriminate yourself in anyway.
The right against self incriminating is the 5th amendment. And he's being charged for destroying evidence, not for not providing it. But I love the spirit.
I specifically called out the searches and seizures ammendment bcz that's what this is about.
I believe they're citing two different rights in the Bill of Rights. They mention the Fourth amendment which provides against unwarranted search and seizure and then as an addendum they allude to the fifth amendment which provides against self-incrimination.