What to do if border police ask to search your phone
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Realistically, what the article suggests to me is that I should carry a burner phone when crossing borders and if I need my real phone, turn on lockdown mode and then turn it off and stow it in my luggage with the understanding that it may get confiscated and never returned.
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Encrypted backup -> remote storage -> factory reset -> cross border -> restore backup.
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Encrypted backup -> remote storage -> factory reset -> cross border -> restore backup.
wrote 17 days ago last edited byHow can you do this especially if you don’t pay for cloud storage? I have self hosted cloud
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Realise you’re about to enter a bad place, turn around and go back
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How can you do this especially if you don’t pay for cloud storage? I have self hosted cloud
wrote 17 days ago last edited byVPN to your cloud server.
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VPN to your cloud server.
wrote 17 days ago last edited byBut how would I backup everything from an iPhone? I got photos and contacts down. Idk about the rest. Maybe you’ve given me a new project.
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Realistically, what the article suggests to me is that I should carry a burner phone when crossing borders and if I need my real phone, turn on lockdown mode and then turn it off and stow it in my luggage with the understanding that it may get confiscated and never returned.
wrote 17 days ago last edited byMail it to your destination.
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Realise you’re about to enter a bad place, turn around and go back
wrote 17 days ago last edited byPull the glock and clock out
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Get a fair phone and dismantle it
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But how would I backup everything from an iPhone? I got photos and contacts down. Idk about the rest. Maybe you’ve given me a new project.
wrote 17 days ago last edited byiCloud.
Local iTunes backups don’t work over a VPN. Those are your only two ways to get a system level backup.
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Most "incriminating" stuff (if I even know what that is) ON my android phone is probably text messaging. I use a program called Textra. Any suggestions for that?
The rest would be in the cloud, like comments here or on YouTube videos or wherever Google stores the stuff I say while my phone is near.
IDK, kind of thinking about leaving it at home, but I really want the communication while I'm in airports and I use it for music on airplanes and in hotel showers and stuff.
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Most "incriminating" stuff (if I even know what that is) ON my android phone is probably text messaging. I use a program called Textra. Any suggestions for that?
The rest would be in the cloud, like comments here or on YouTube videos or wherever Google stores the stuff I say while my phone is near.
IDK, kind of thinking about leaving it at home, but I really want the communication while I'm in airports and I use it for music on airplanes and in hotel showers and stuff.
wrote 17 days ago last edited by- Don't go to the United States
If you really have to...
- Backup phone.
- Factory reset (make sure you really backed up everything)
- Install only essential apps (not from backup). Don't log into anything.
- Cross border. (you just got a new phone and haven't set it up yet)
- Restore backup.
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- Don't go to the United States
If you really have to...
- Backup phone.
- Factory reset (make sure you really backed up everything)
- Install only essential apps (not from backup). Don't log into anything.
- Cross border. (you just got a new phone and haven't set it up yet)
- Restore backup.
wrote 17 days ago last edited byWell, regrettably, I live here. I will, also regrettably, be returning from a trip to Europe.
But I didn't really want to lose my text conversations. Very little of it has to do with politics but, you know, there's probably some on there somewhere.
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Well, regrettably, I live here. I will, also regrettably, be returning from a trip to Europe.
But I didn't really want to lose my text conversations. Very little of it has to do with politics but, you know, there's probably some on there somewhere.
wrote 17 days ago last edited byYou won't lose them if you back them up. SMS Backup and Restore can automate the task for you.
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But how would I backup everything from an iPhone? I got photos and contacts down. Idk about the rest. Maybe you’ve given me a new project.
wrote 17 days ago last edited byMacs, or iTunes on Windows. There are two modes of a backup: actual one or backup in name only (like the names of the apps, I wish the latter fucks off).
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Pull the glock and clock out
wrote 17 days ago last edited byOk, I have a Glock and my cock out, now what?
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But how would I backup everything from an iPhone? I got photos and contacts down. Idk about the rest. Maybe you’ve given me a new project.
wrote 17 days ago last edited byPay for one month of iCloud, it's $3 to $11 depending on need. Cancel after trip.
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Even though I have nothing incriminating on my phone, I still do a check up on my phone before I go to the airport. Just move all my photos/files/downloads to my PC.
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How can you do this especially if you don’t pay for cloud storage? I have self hosted cloud
wrote 17 days ago last edited byFilen offers 10GB for free, encrypted, OpenSource, made in the EU
