Sam Tunick
person
Also written as: Tunick
Involved in
- The lawyer is trying to get a US judge to dismiss all evidence recovered in the case, arguing that Tunick's constitutional rights were violated.
- The border agent failed to read Tunick his Miranda rights and ignored his requests to speak with a lawyer.
- Tunick provided a US Customs and Border Protection officer with a duress password, and when used to forcibly unlock a phone the duress password wipes all data instantly, cannot be stopped, and is irreversible.
- The operating system that got Sam Tunick prosecuted by the US government has nothing to do with unlawful practices.
Statements attributed to it
Nothing in the record is attributed to this entity as a speaker.
Origin: first recognised while reading GrapheneOS says its data-wiping "duress" password is perfectly legal, after user faces federal charges · 2026-08-03 17:12