US prosecutors say Sam Tunick used a GrapheneOS duress PIN to wipe his phone during a warrantless border search. He pleaded not guilty, but the privacy feature itself now sits at the center of a federal felony case. Alex and Jordan also examine an expired five-euro domain that received hundreds of thousands of phone-routing queries, an AI incident scoreboard that may punish the labs that disclose the most, and Kagi's new setting for hiding paywalled search results. The side of tech news nobody talks about.

Hosts: Alex & Jordan

Show: Chief Skeptic Officer, the side of tech news nobody talks about.

Drop: Daily at 7:00 A.M. America/New_York

Episode date: 2026-08-22

In this episode

• GrapheneOS duress PIN: A warrantless border search, a phone wipe, and a statute written for destroying physical evidence.
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