Georgia State University has rescinded a job offer given to a high profile activist who is currently fighting a case in which he allegedly wiped a security-focused Android phone before Customs and Border Protection (CBP) could search it. The case, which 404 Media first covered and has now received widespread and national attention, has important ramifications for privacy and when someone can still be charged with an offense even if authorities don’t have suspicion of any specific crime.
Earlier this month, activist Samuel Tunick and a group of supporters delivered a “demand letter” to the university. That letter, which Tunick shared with 404 Media, says he explained to the university he was facing a pending charge, which he describes as “an instance of textbook political repression, and a high profile civil liberties case.”
While delivering the letter, supporters held signs saying, “GSU sides with Trump,” and “Digital Privacy Under Attack!”



You do realize that you will be explaining this to a judge/jury after spending tons of money on lawyers or, more likely, they will Aaron Swartz you and you will take a plea deal to only serve some time in jail? Or do you think the TSA will just let you go?
What would you have to explain? You literally didn’t wipe it. The cops did and they can explain what happened.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/activist-charged-with-felony-after-giving-border-agent-duress-code-that-wiped-his-phone/
Tunick provided this code to an agent, who entered it on the phone, after which “the screen went blank, flashed several times and the phone appeared to restart.
In the very case we are discussing here the guy gave the code to the cops and they wiped it. And guess what? He lost a job offer and has to explain what happened to the judge.
Learn the facts, learn the law, learn the reality of US right now and then advice people on the internet.
Hmm fair enough
In that situation the user deliberately gave them the duress pin.
In what I describe, the cops don’t ask, they just try your pin assuming poor opsec.
And in your scenario the cops understand the difference and just give up and don’t prosecute you? Good luck with that.