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I was thinking.
You could put the wipe pin on the back of your phone "because you often forget your pin".
If it's entered without your consent... Well it was without your consent 🤷♂️
If be too paranoid about a friend or family member wiping it by accident
On the inside of the case? A friend or family member isnt likely taking it off.
Would the LEO that wiped your phone go to jail for destroying evidence
You do realize that you will be explaining this to a judge/jury after spending tons of money on lawyers or, more likely, they will Aaron Swartz you and you will take a plea deal to only serve some time in jail? Or do you think the TSA will just let you go?
What would you have to explain? You literally didn't wipe it. The cops did and they can explain what happened.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/activist-charged-with-felony-after-giving-border-agent-duress-code-that-wiped-his-phone/
Tunick provided this code to an agent, who entered it on the phone, after which “the screen went blank, flashed several times and the phone appeared to restart.
In the very case we are discussing here the guy gave the code to the cops and they wiped it. And guess what? He lost a job offer and has to explain what happened to the judge.
Learn the facts, learn the law, learn the reality of US right now and then advice people on the internet.
Hmm fair enough
In that situation the user deliberately gave them the duress pin.
In what I describe, the cops don't ask, they just try your pin assuming poor opsec.
And in your scenario the cops understand the difference and just give up and don't prosecute you? Good luck with that.