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by t1234s 4 days ago
any reason with graphine os to wipe vs power off? Unless you have an easy bfu password doesn't it protect you from multiple password attempts?
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It uses hardware with a secure element only permitting 20 attempts. The past 5 unique attempts are rejected early out for usability.

We published a technical overview of how GrapheneOS protects against data extraction covering the major protections it adds:

https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/40700-grapheneos-protection...

graphine os needs a feature to triple press the power button for an immediate power off.