Activist Charged With Felony for Using Duress Password to Wipe Phone During CBP Search

Atlanta activist Samuel Tunick faces felony evidence-destruction charges after entering a GrapheneOS duress password that factory-reset his Pixel during a 2025 CBP border search. Prosecutors allege he destroyed evidence; his defense argues the search was unlawful and no evidence existed to destroy. Worth flagging: a conviction would criminalize a security feature standard in enterprise and OS-level mobile protection.