Here is a brief thread of best pactices used by myself (ex airlines, based overseas):
1. Be prepared for device search, seizure, or theft.
2. Use burners / disposable devices if you can.
3. Save files you want to keep on a self-hosted cloud storage / NAS device. Nextcloud is great.
4. Delete apps you don't need, especially email social media. Access over the web.
5. Delete files which might get you in trouble or reveal your contacts.
6. Wipe your free space with BleachBit or similar tools.
7. Use a password or long PIN to access your devices, not fingerprints.
This seems a little overly paranoid to me. Flying to France today and am not going to "wipe my devises."
What's on there that you're worried about, exactly? Stuff like this?
I’m afraid you are finding false comfort in your privilege. It’s never a good thing for the government to have access to your private correspondence and information. Never.
I’m afraid you are finding false comfort in your privilege. It’s never a good thing for the government to have access to your private correspondence and information. Never.
I didn't say it was, so I won't defend the point you pretended I was making. My point is that wiping your devices is extreme and uncalled for.
But yes, I'm very aware of my privilege. I'm very lucky to be born in my circumstances. But I'll let you know what I experienced going overseas.
I don’t say privilege as an insult - it means being normal which is what everyone should experience. So for example, as a Muslim Arab, I have to be worried that they take correspondence with family back home and I end up on a watch or no fly list b/c I complained about US politics.
Our experiences are indeed different. I lived and worked, or flew frequent trips through places which might be fun to visit, but would arrest and severely punish political or religious dissenters (plus their families or contacts).
Give them nothing but hello, bye bye, and silly cat images.
Okay, one more thing. Governments scan forums and social media. And they hack devices. Be careful of what apps you use and what you say with your name attached.
If you really want to speak out, consider creating accounts with no connections to you. No common names, reposts, no nothing.
There are many details to consider when dealing with states because they have a lot of possibilities to identify you. E.g. posting on your burner phone but from your home wifi wouldn't be helpful.
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1. Be prepared for device search, seizure, or theft.
2. Use burners / disposable devices if you can.
3. Save files you want to keep on a self-hosted cloud storage / NAS device. Nextcloud is great.
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5. Delete files which might get you in trouble or reveal your contacts.
6. Wipe your free space with BleachBit or similar tools.
7. Use a password or long PIN to access your devices, not fingerprints.
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What's on there that you're worried about, exactly? Stuff like this?
But yes, I'm very aware of my privilege. I'm very lucky to be born in my circumstances. But I'll let you know what I experienced going overseas.
I don't wipe mine, I just don't put that kind of info on my phone, only my laptop, which I rarely take overseas.
It depends on who you are and how much trouble you would get in if the info on your phone leaked
Give them nothing but hello, bye bye, and silly cat images.
Take me, take my devices, get nothing but a scowl, silence, and random binary data.
Keep them in an encrypted archive you can upload to Protonmail / Drive, to access later. Veracrypt is a good encryption tool.
9. Communucate using e2ee encrypted messrngers, like Signal.
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If you really want to speak out, consider creating accounts with no connections to you. No common names, reposts, no nothing.
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