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GrapheneOS Now Supports a Duress Reset PIN (grapheneos.social)

submitted 5 months ago by aa1@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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GrapheneOS provides users with the ability to set a duress PIN/Password that will irreversibly wipe the device (along with any installed eSIMs) once entered anywhere where the device credentials are requested (on the lockscreen, along with any such prompt in the OS).

The wipe does not require a reboot and cannot be interrupted. It can be set up at Settings > Security > Duress Password in the owner profile. Both a duress PIN and password will need to be set to account for different profiles that may have different unlock methods.

Note that if the duress PIN/Password is the same as the actual unlock method, the actual unlock method always takes precedence, and therefore no wipe will occur.

Source: https://grapheneos.org/features#duress

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[–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 35 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Mhm i can imagine that GrapheneOS will be marked as an illegal OS once Interpol and others get wind of this kill switch.

[–] boldsuck@scribe.disroot.org 6 points 5 months ago

The people Interpool is after don't need Duress. They simply refuse to give out their password. Current Pixel and iPhones phones cannt be cracked with forensic tools. https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/12848-claims-made-by-forensics-companies-their-capabilities-and-how-grapheneos-fares

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Doubt it, wouldn't they just clone the flash first?

[–] refalo@programming.dev 15 points 5 months ago (2 children)

irreversibly wipe the device

And for anyone to actually go through the trouble of cloning a flash chip, you'd have to be an extremely high profile target.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Who the fuck do you think interpol are targeting? Lmao