But can't just stop trying to make it harder/frustrating for anyone trying to access all our digital lives. They already get around our rights with how they just go ask the companies like Microsoft to get people's Bitlocker keys (which even most people seem to not even be aware of having until Windows breaks).

There is also a "private area" in the bottom of the app list where you can move sensitive apps and password protect them.

Either way, allowing a malicious actor into that profile exposes more attack surface for them to exploit.

Idk. Security is a journey, not a destination.

https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/border-zone

you... you deleted my data?? shocked pikachu face

Graphene OS Team has developed quite a lot of other useful features and some of them have even been merged into upstream AOSP allowing others also the benefits. Recent example is contact scope for apps starting Android 17 but it was initially developed by GrapheneOS team long ago.

This is exactly the reason the government can't force you to give your password in the US. They can't prove that you remember the password.

I wonder if the police officer that did this will face criminal charges of unauthorized access and destruction of evidence.

And also there's a civil suit in there. The officer may have deleted valuable data on the victim's device, causing them harm. I wonder what the monetary value will be.