There was a app on fdriod that would wipe your phone with a password I can't remember the name of it though,🤔
#GrapheneOS duress password in action. This is on a sacrificial Pixel 6a. I did it a few times, and let me tell you, DO NOT screw around with this. You get no second chance. It's gone. Instantly. And it's beautiful.
https://v.nostr.build/Gel7e.mp4
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It was called Duress. This is supposed to be way more failproof and fast since it's implented at the OS level.
BTW we never recommended those apps that used device admin APIs for resetting the device since you could deactivate them and interrupt the erasure. XRY had tutorial videos explaining how to bypass Duress and others by holding the buttons that would boot into Fastboot mode. Law Enforcement knew for long time. We also had criminal sellers using our work unlawfully and bundling those apps trying to lie, sell it and say whatever they sold was better than GrapheneOS at extortionate prices.
Duress feature took as long as it did because we needed a unique way to wipe the device without reboot, that couldn't be interrupted and was also as fast as possible. We had our own wipe-without-reboot then Google designed one for future Android after our reports so GrapheneOS backported that as part of the infrastructure for the Duress feature.
Hopefully those apps are redundant for GrapheneOS users now.
Interesting 🤔