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How to lock down your phone if you're traveling to the U.S.

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Re: How to lock down your phone if you're traveling to the U.S.

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Post by fragmede »

gausswho wrote: post #196
IncandescentGas wrote: post #59

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Your phone could become damaged and inoperable every day. From dropping it in the toilet, being stolen, a house fire, etc. If you're "petrified" of losing your data, it's worth the work to ensure your data backup procedures are adequate.

I've spent the last month and a half building an encyrpted backup system I could sleep peacefully with, independent of tech giants that secretly compromise you. I'm almost there but it's not easy for a lot of reasons you mention and more. Ultimately it's not enough for individuals to spend this effort for themselves. We need a self-managed option that is nearly as turnkey as iCloud. A distro with it built from the ou…

tarsnap?

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Post by LoganDark »

redczar wrote: post #172
redserk wrote: post #126

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I’ll add a few more freedoms. 1. Can’t walk about drinking a beer. 2. Can’t carry too much cash or it’s at risk of being confiscated. 3. Criminalization of walking. https://illinoislawreview.org/print/vol-2017-no-3/the-crimin... 4. Pretty much have to own a car in most places. 5. Thousands of polling stations closed since the Voting Rights Act was gutted. 6. Federal politics held hostage by low population states. It’…

> 4. Pretty much have to own a car in most places.

Hey, electric scooters are not the worst ever (although I got hit by a truck while riding one and decided to get a car just because I don't like getting hit by trucks)

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Post by selimthegrim »

i80and wrote: post #190
dingnuts wrote: post #119

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we still have freedom of speech for now at least, actual citizens do, anyway

In principle? As long as they don't make a quote-unquote "mistake" and rush you out of the country to their little El Salvador gulag before anybody can stop them or you can prove your citizenship.

RFK did this to Carlos Marcello. Was it right then?

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Post by fragmede »

buyucu wrote: post #82
gruez wrote: post #4

"Locking down" is almost always a bad approach when it comes to border crossings. You have very little rights at the border, so keeping your phone locked and refusing to divulge the 20 characters password isn't really an option. Even without the threat of detaining you, they can refuse entry (if you're not a citizen/permanent resident), or seize your $1000 phone/laptop. Far better to wipe your phone and restore from…

My company gives burner phones and laptops for employees and salespeople traveling to countries with agressive borders. USA is on the list, together with Israel, Iran and a few others I can't remember now.

China

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Post by redczar »

klausa wrote: post #206
redczar wrote: post #173

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Leader of the free world almost always refers to the U.S. President or the U.S. itself depending on context.

The joke/point/suggestion the person you're replying to is making, is that the US has lost that title.

Ah. That went over my head. As the leader of the free world we must remain vigilant while others get to joke around.

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Post by rob_c »

Again, it's called a burner. If the criminal underworld can master this concept...

If you engage in stupidity online and it comes back to bite you because you wear it on your arm, my advice is don't go crying about it, unless you didn't believe enough in what you're saying to follow your words through with actions.

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Post by selimthegrim »

throwway120385 wrote: post #184
JKCalhoun wrote: post #97

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Maybe I can tattoo a US flag on my bicep. Or did I go too far?

It needs to have one blue stripe and 6 navy stripes otherwise it's considered unpatriotic. The old red and white version was too inclusive.

Might clock him as an East India Company cosplayer.

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Post by redczar »

jancsika wrote: post #202
redczar wrote: post #172

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I’ll add a few more freedoms. 1. Can’t walk about drinking a beer. 2. Can’t carry too much cash or it’s at risk of being confiscated. 3. Criminalization of walking. https://illinoislawreview.org/print/vol-2017-no-3/the-crimin... 4. Pretty much have to own a car in most places. 5. Thousands of polling stations closed since the Voting Rights Act was gutted. 6. Federal politics held hostage by low population states. It’…

Regarding #2 through #7: they are all true and important. I'm aware of different efforts over the years to address some of them, but they are all definitely active problems. Regarding #1-- is it possible you have a drinking problem?

It’s possible I’m an alcoholic but equally possible I’m so used to puritanical rules that I assume one is an alcoholic because they wish to imbibe in a park on a nice day.

Re: How to lock down your phone if you're traveling to the U.S.

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Post by fragmede »

incanus77 wrote: post #127

One lesser-known tip for iPhones with FaceID or TouchID: press and hold the lock button and one of the volume buttons until prompted for power options/medical ID/emergency call. You'll then have to enter a passcode in order to use those auth methods again. Having to reveal a passcode can sometimes be considered a higher bar than biometric auth. You can do this even when in it's in your pocket without looking, quite q…

I wish there was a way to activate it with Siri though, in case I were accosted in a manner such that I could talk to my phone but my hands were, say, handcuffed.
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