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TechUS charges American citizen over wiping his phone at the border

The US government is prosecuting citizen Sam Tunick for allegedly giving federal agents a “duress password” that wiped his phone when they tried to seize it at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport. His lawyers say the detention and seizure were unlawful and that questioning about child exploitation images was a pretext to investigate his ties to Atlanta’s Stop Cop City movement.

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TThe Verge★★★☆☆2026-07-26 18:45Original

US charges American citizen over wiping his phone at the border
US charges American citizen over wiping his phone at the borderTech