So this is super sucky and likely to spread. Alternate source. Key points, at roadside stops etc, people are required to give access to their phones using Cellebrite Israeli phone crackers, likely to download a complete image. No limits placed on data retention, no noted protection against Cellebrite having unfettered access.

Has it gotten to the point where we should be striving to keep only a minimum viable configuration on phones and have some sort of searchable backup on a home server, or even an out of country VPS? Anyone got any suggestions on how to achieve this?

Having GrapheneOS doesn’t help much when it’s a ten year felony to refuse access. AFAIK it’s still a warrant to get access to your home computer, for now.

This may get shot down in the courts, but that won’t help much if it happens to you in the meantime, this stuff is forever. The right to digital privacy has the price of eternal vigilence, but they just keep raising the bar on how onerous that vigilence is.

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    19 hours ago

    Having GrapheneOS doesn’t help much when it’s a ten year felony to refuse access

    It’s my interpretation that “access” means you have to give them your phone physically. Otherwise Cellebrite wouldn’t be needed

    people are required to give access to their phones using Cellebrite Israeli phone crackers

    We know Cellebrite can’t crack GrapheneOS.

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      17 hours ago

      We know Cellebrite can’t crack GrapheneOS.

      Yah, one of the reasons gOS is hated and I have it :) but you know Cellebrite is looking for that zero day. Still an issue for the other 99.9%.

      It’s my interpretation that “access” means you have to give them your phone physically. Otherwise Cellebrite wouldn’t be needed

      Your lips to gods ears… But until it’s clarified legally the pessimistic interpretation is you have to unlock it (otherwise impeding an investigation or some shit) and then they use Cellebrite to suck it dry.