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That seems overcomplicated and opening yourself up to risk IMO the correct solution is to erase your phone before crossing the border, and then restore it afte
by karlgkk 1mo ago
That seems overcomplicated and opening yourself up to risk
IMO the correct solution is to erase your phone before crossing the border, and then restore it after you’ve crossed
- cortesoft 1mo agoWhat’s to stop them from seeing an empty phone, and then accuse you of deleting it when they asked to see it?
- bentley 1mo agoLack of evidence.
- anywhichway 1mo agoThat isn't a crime. It's not a crime to travel across the border with a factory reset phone. That is a fine thing to do and a regular practice for people working in some sensitive areas. The issue here is only that he deleted it after they started an investigation. The legal eagle video in the post says this explicitly that he would've been fine if he had wiped his phone prior to the flight.
- ImPostingOnHN 1mo ago> he would've been fine if he had wiped his phone prior to the flight. This comment assumes rule of law (a.k.a. a government constrained by laws). What if what we instead had was a government secretly tracking a dissident they didn't like, then searching them with a pretext and no legal justification. What would have likely happened in that case, is that the government accuses him of destroying evidence anyways, because they're mad the search didn't turn up anything incriminating, and his life gets ruined fighting against their retaliation for years, with no consequences for the actual offenders.
- karlgkk 1mo agowhat? I’m not allowed to have a new phone?
- tclancy 1mo agoThe correct solution is to not accept living under tyranny. I’d invite you to our WhatsApp group chat but well, y’know.