A phone is such an essential part of getting things done today. If someone asked me to unlock my phone and then they took the data, I’d be so fucked. But at the same time, I can’t really go overseas without it unless I get someone to house-sit.
At the minimum, you should factory reset when crossing borders, and restore from an encrypted cloud backup. But the advice he gives is to use an entirely new phone (new number, new IMEI).
He was picked up because his phone number was on a list.
A phone is such an essential part of getting things done today. If someone asked me to unlock my phone and then they took the data, I’d be so fucked. But at the same time, I can’t really go overseas without it unless I get someone to house-sit.
At the minimum, you should factory reset when crossing borders, and restore from an encrypted cloud backup. But the advice he gives is to use an entirely new phone (new number, new IMEI).
He was picked up because his phone number was on a list.