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Isn't the point of this to get your real phone across the border, not just any phone?
by smegel 9y ago
Isn't the point of this to get your real phone across the border, not just any phone?
- turc1656 9y agoFake backup, not fake device. Specifically, I think they meant that you backup your device to the cloud, then wipe the device and restore using a backup of bogus stuff that they will believe is the real device. So you are taking your real device across. Then when you get across, you wipe it again and restore from the cloud. Problem is getting a backup where the timestamps are up to date. Otherwise, it would be very easy to see that all communications on the device stopped at the backup date. Someone else here mentioned that they see a market opportunity for generating fake data to load on your phone for exactly this type of purpose. Something like that could work because you would be generating a fresh "fake" to load on your phone the day or so before you cross the border.
- bigiain 9y agoWhat is "your real phone" these days? I think it's a lot less the physical hardware than the collection of data/apps/credetnials stored on it. (Cloud phones? Phones as cattle instead of pets?)