r134a I’m not “assuming” anything i'm describing what actually happened. The terminology is specific because it reflects the information I received after the device was examined. The duress PIN was entered, it didn’t trigger the wipe, and the data became accessible afterward. That’s not speculation, and it’s not based on guessing from consequences it’s based on the fact that the device’s contents were clearly accessed after the duress action should have wiped them.
As for the password: no one else had it, it wasn’t reused, it wasn’t stored anywhere, and there’s no angle where someone “knowing it” explains this. That possibility was already ruled out.
This isn’t about being a “lone wolf” or about unrelated cases influencing anything. The outcome traces directly back to the failure of the duress wipe, not to information from some other situation. The phone data being recoverable after the duress PIN was used is the core issue here, and that’s the part I’m addressing.