• GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago
    1. get a phone with a removable battery and wireless charging
    2. break the USB port
    3. pull out the battery before crossing the border

    sorry, my phone is dead and won’t hold a charge.

    • nothing untrue about that statement
    • state of the phone was a preexisting condition and cannot be used to apply obstruction charges
    • IamtheMorgz@lemmy.world
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      10 days ago

      I mean, sure, but then they seize the phone and still get all the data. In this case he wiped the data so it couldn’t be seized.

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        9 days ago

        The data would still be encrypted. Sure, they could try to brute-force the key but it is very unlikely they try that on some rando’s phone.