Self-destructing phone code sparks federal case

Your phone holds a running record of your life. It can reveal private messages, photos, financial records and location history. That explains why some people turn to extreme security tools. One of them is a secret phone wipe code that erases stored data when someone enters a secondary passcode. However, using that feature during a federal inspection can create serious legal trouble.

An Atlanta man now faces a felony charge after a special passcode allegedly erased his Google Pixel while...