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Sam Tunick

Coverage of Sam Tunick in the Nexus archive.

Earliest in view: Jul 23 · 13:00 UTCMost recent: Jul 26 · 18:45 UTC
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U.S. governmentorganization1Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airportplace1Stop Cop City movementtopic1duress passwordtopic1U.S. Department of Justiceorganization1GrapheneOStopic1Cop Citytopic1Atlantaplace1
Recent coverage
  • SECURITYJul 26 · 18:45 UTCTHE VERGE
    The US is charging an American citizen for wiping his phone at the border

    The US is prosecuting Sam Tunick for allegedly providing a duress password that wiped his phone during a 2025 airport border search. Tunick's lawyers claim the government's focus on child exploitation images was a pretext to investigate his ties to the Stop Cop City movement.

  • SECURITYJul 23 · 13:00 UTCGUARDIAN US
    US government targets Cop City protester over phone operating system

    The US Department of Justice is prosecuting an Atlanta resident, Sam Tunick, for using GrapheneOS on his phone, an operating system that allows passcode-activated phone wipes, in connection with the Cop City protest movement. The case hinges on a federal statute criminalizing property destruction to prevent seizure.