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.
- 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.
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.
You won’t lose them if you back them up. SMS Backup and Restore can automate the task for you.
Realise you’re about to enter a bad place, turn around and go back
Pull the glock and clock out
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.
Mail it to your destination.
Encrypted backup -> remote storage -> factory reset -> cross border -> restore backup.
How can you do this especially if you don’t pay for cloud storage? I have self hosted cloud
VPN to your cloud server.
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.
iCloud.
Local iTunes backups don’t work over a VPN. Those are your only two ways to get a system level backup.
Edit: Downvotes don’t make it any less true.
Say no
Probably worth reading the article. There are consequences to saying “no” at the border.
Get a fair phone and dismantle it
