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- Sunday, July 26, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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The Verge
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The US is charging an American citizen for wiping his phone at the border
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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, allegedly questioning him about child exploitation images. However, a motion filed by Tunick's lawyers […]
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