Post #4093108
2026-07-25 16:17 UTC
@ahltorp@mastodon.nu @jackemled@furry.engineer @smn@l3ib.org despair is certainly one interpretation. And what with all the fascism swirling around, I feel that way, too, sometimes.
But another interpretation is that it's only like this because enough people decided it should be that way. Which means it can be changed if enough people want to change it.
And yet a third interpretation is what the EFF has been recommending, which is to prepare by not having any data on your phone during border crossings. Take a backup, store it on a cloud service, wipe your device, and restore the backup when you've crossed. It's horribly inconvenient, but it avoids any legal issues.
None of these ideas are mutually exclusive.
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@ahltorp@mastodon.nu 2026-07-25 17:20
@tehfishman@ioc.exchange @jackemled@furry.engineer @smn@l3ib.org "it avoids any legal issues" If they want to mess with you, it sounds from all this that they can mess with you and you can do nothing about it. Especially at border crossings. So while it is good advice to not have any data on your devices, it only moves the needle just a little bit in the direction of messing with you less. The "but they can't do that" line is all too common, and it's become more clear every day that it's a lie. The US is a no-go zone.