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Samuel Tunick Indicted After DHS Wipes Phone

7/29/2026

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  • U.S. prosecutors indicted Samuel Tunick for activating a duress password that erased his GrapheneOS phone at Atlanta airport.
  • The indictment carries a five-year maximum and attorney Matthew Dodge says DHS officers stopped Tunick, searched him without a warrant and triggered the wipe.
  • Daniel Micay said the duress feature permanently erases data to prevent extraction, and Tunick claims the prosecution seeks to intimidate activists and that his car was tracked.