We can definitely see that on windows with the recent bitlocker exploit. I wonder if any new cases will be solved, or people imprisoned because of hardware in storage that can now be unlocked.

It's definitely better to not keep data locally if it's going to be seized, because of varying laws that can coerce unlocking, but in the U.S., it should be safe to refuse to give up passwords.

On the technical side, Google and Apple have changed the game with numerous improvements to physical security and GrapheneOS takes it even further building on their foundation reducing attack surface and adding good features. Particularly with Auto reboot[1] becoming widely adopted, your conclusion can be modified on phones.

[2]:

>This (https://osservatorionessuno.org/blog/2026/05/demystifying-ph...) is an article by an Italian non-profit that provides an introductive technical overview to forensic phone unlocking exploit kits used by governments and law enforcement, most notably Cellebrite.

>This post provides an overview on how disk encryption works on Android, common attack vectors used by forensic tools to brute force or extract a device, their countermeasures against popular security features like automatic reboot in iOS and how you can protect yourself against such tools, including several mentions about GrapheneOS.

[1] https://grapheneos.org/features#auto-reboot

[2] https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/35728-demystifying-phone-un...

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