> They asked for the pin, maybe they should have said "not the duress pin"

This is a Mickey Mouse distinction no court will take seriously.

> Wiping a device I own is extreme?

When the consequences are potential years in prison for lying to the US government or, in another country, torture or death in prison for obstructing an authoritarian government, then yes... Extreme.

All I'm saying is to decide to use a duress PIN at any national border or in any foreign country soberly, with knowledge of the potential or likely consequences.

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b40d-48b2-979e 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Just submit citizen. Nothing to hide, right?

	▲	AnimalMuppet 13 hours ago \| parent [-]
		That's a different discussion. Are you interested in staying out of trouble at the border? Or are you interested in taking down the system (or at least fixing it)? If you think the system needs fixed or destroyed, you do you, but don't be surprised when that approach gets you in trouble at the border.

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za3faran 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> or, in another country, torture or death in prison for obstructing an authoritarian government

Also happens in the US

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jibal 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's sad that your perfectly valid previous comment is dead (and that HN even works that way) ... adding is ≠ ought probably doesn't even help for the people who don't grasp that in the first place.

People who think that tricking the cops into wiping your device legally absolves you need to grow up. Also those who argue that LE can't prove any evidence was destroyed since it's been destroyed.

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sfRattan 12 hours ago | parent [-]

Yeah, but the way HN works is leagues ahead of other, similar platforms. And the top voted comment of a subthread (at that moment) being flagged is its own interesting signal about both the issue at hand and the HN userbase. I'll be grateful if reasonable folks vouch, but I'm not mad about it either way.

	▲	jibal 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's now undead.