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How Do I Prepare My Phone for a Protest? (themarkup.org)

submitted 6 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Simple steps to take before hitting the streets

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[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

You are absolutely right about metadata, but as far as protests, just having encryption is enough to prevent anyone from accessing the data. Extracting metadata from 3rd party companies or extracting a phone requires a lot more resources than cops can spare.

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

In the corpo cases, I’m sure all they have to do is ask. There are better alternatives & this guide feels radically incomplete stopping at such pedestrian option instead of labeling them in a bottom tier of like suffiecent-if-you-literally-can’t-use-anything-else.