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This one goes out to all the small government, privacy loving, Republicans out there, supposedly hating invasive big brother tactics and representing the values of the American heartland.

Would be much appreciated if you could have a word with your people about this.

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[–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (7 children)

"powered off"

Unless I'm holding the battery in one hand and the phone in the other I don't trust it being turned off either.

[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (6 children)

The reason it being turned off matters is because LE has a significantly more difficult time extracting data from that state. And again, a proper faraday bag prevents signal leak.

You guys are welcome to do what you want, I'm just explaining the best way to stay safe if you don't want to leave your phone at home. There are plenty of legitimate reasons someone may want one as a lifeline just in case.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 7 points 1 day ago (5 children)

My concern would be that the police would confiscate my phone. Not that they would necessarily be anything on it, but I don't want them to have my nice expensive phone. They can have this crappy cheap one instead.

[–] tamman2000@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Do you have a recommendation for a good cheap android phone (didn't worry, I'll run a rom) that one could get to have a "clean" phone?

I've been thinking about getting a phone that has none of my socials on it for when I go to Canada to get vaccines

[–] frezik@midwest.social 2 points 1 day ago

Pixel 6 is the minimum that can load up GrapheneOS. Those are like $130 on eBay.

Pixel 8/9 does have some CPU features that help separate memory, which can be useful for keeping apps from creeping on memory they shouldn't.

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