Could we just put our phones and electronics in our luggage so when we appear at the customs officer and they ask for our phones we honestly tell them we don't have it?
No social media apps, maybe some games to keep you amused, just your airline app & boarding pass on it. Going overseas, I would buy another burner phone to just use while you're there for local calls. I would imagine using a US phone for intl calls would get pricey,
but I haven't travelled lately.
Not an advertisement for any particular e-sim app, but just getting a local number and phone service plan doesn’t even require stopping at an airport kiosk anymore. I set up my plan the night before a trip and it’s already working while I’m still on the plane.
Yup 👍 part of the vacation plans for sure going forward. Actually this is a good thing to travel in any country, all border agents have this power, whether they choose to enforce it or not.
To confirm, citizens cannot be denied entry for refusal to surrender their devices? And TSA cannot deny access to a flight due to refusal to surrender a phone?
Don't ass/u/me that there isn't a 'list' of people that Homeland has put together to flag people who have posted anti trump stuff on social media.
The random searches may not be so random.
You can listen or read the pdf
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Same applies to any authoritarian country. It's staggering people are so careless. And ffs. Never use your real name on social media. Anything you say can and will be used against you at some point. If the choice of social Media requires you to identify yourself, don't use it.
This is better than your current personal phone if you were careful to delete media that would be treated as cause for escalation by TSA. You’ll still probably leave meta data that could be seized, but a blank new phone may be treated as an attempt at evasion.
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You & all your luggage goes thru Customs...you don't go thru Customs first, then get your luggage.
but I haven't travelled lately.
The random searches may not be so random.
We need to build an army from the Bottom up. Every school board, county elections official, gov, judge will be important.
Run for local office, buy, barter, spend local buss, farmers markets, co ops
https://indivisible.org/resource/guide
https://indivisible.org/sites/default/files/2024-11/Indivisible_A%20Practical%20Guide%20to%20Democracy%20on%20the%20Brink.pdf