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I’ll never bring my phone on an international flight again

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Re: I’ll never bring my phone on an international flight again

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also, carry multiple phones of the same model. I've been throwing my main phone anywhere besides in plain view and carrying a couple $5 Androids in my pockets instead when going thru TSA, better they try to search one of them than my main phone buried in my bag next to 2 others that look just like it.

Keep in mind that it's a felony to lie to a customs & border patrol officer. "Is this your main phone?" How will you answer that?

"Talk to my lawyer."

Re: I’ll never bring my phone on an international flight again

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Keep in mind that it's a felony to lie to a customs & border patrol officer. "Is this your main phone?" How will you answer that?

"Talk to my lawyer."

That's a great way to never get into the country.

Re: I’ll never bring my phone on an international flight again

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Until you're detained for not having a phone to turn over. I'm only half joking.

I recommend having a few $5 Androids on ya, they are both fun to play with, handy, and will throw inquisitive 3 letter agencies for a loop.

Where does one find an android phone for $5? I must be misunderstanding?

Re: I’ll never bring my phone on an international flight again

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post #9
post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also, carry multiple phones of the same model. I've been throwing my main phone anywhere besides in plain view and carrying a couple $5 Androids in my pockets instead when going thru TSA, better they try to search one of them than my main phone buried in my bag next to 2 others that look just like it.

Keep in mind that it's a felony to lie to a customs & border patrol officer. "Is this your main phone?" How will you answer that?

> "Is this your main phone?"

This is my main phone I use when crossing constitution-free zones.

> it's a felony to lie to a customs & border patrol officer

That makes me livid: "Oh, sorry, the constitutional laws (that apply to us) don't apply here, see it's not technically the US because reasons." [lies to officer] "FELONY!".

Re: I’ll never bring my phone on an international flight again

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I recommend having a few $5 Androids on ya, they are both fun to play with, handy, and will throw inquisitive 3 letter agencies for a loop.

"Is this the phone you use on a day to day basis"- felony if you lie.

Option 1: "No, I left my phone at home."

Option 2: If you're at the US border and a US citizen, "Sir, I'm an American citizen and just want want to get home" -- citizens can't be blocked from re-entering at the border.

Re: I’ll never bring my phone on an international flight again

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Until you're detained for not having a phone to turn over. I'm only half joking.

I recommend having a few $5 Androids on ya, they are both fun to play with, handy, and will throw inquisitive 3 letter agencies for a loop.

Intelligence agencies aren't stupid. Evidence of attempts to thwart or subvert intelligence gathering is itself suspicious. If the feds seize what looks to them like a burner phone, that may be grounds for them to detain you without trial indefinitely; and may itself become a crime.

Re: I’ll never bring my phone on an international flight again

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Phones should load different profiles based on the password provided, with some activity logged across profiles so none of them appear stale.

You're implying that people should behave in a manner that is a serious felony in the United States and likely other places.
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