The Government Just Made Deleting Your Own Data a Felony. Here’s Why That Should Terrify You.
The U.S. government is criminalizing the act of deleting your own phone data, turning a defensive privacy tool into a felony charge. This case sets a precedent that could make any secure wipe, from GrapheneOS to factory reset, an obstruction of justice. Your right to silence doesn’t extend to your phone anymore—and the state is coming for the software that protects it.