In my experience Chinese cars have loads of cool features that sometimes even work.

And in your scenario the cops understand the difference and just give up and don’t prosecute you? Good luck with that.

I didn’t want to know that 😭

Of course, if you know you’re fucked either way you can do whatever you like. In some places activists can operate in public but in places like US, Mexico or Russia you either operate in secret or risk repressions, no way around it. I mean, you wouldn’t expect the law to protect you from the government in Russia, why would you expect it in US?

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/activist-charged-with-felony-after-giving-border-agent-duress-code-that-wiped-his-phone/

Tunick provided this code to an agent, who entered it on the phone, after which “the screen went blank, flashed several times and the phone appeared to restart.

In the very case we are discussing here the guy gave the code to the cops and they wiped it. And guess what? He lost a job offer and has to explain what happened to the judge.

Learn the facts, learn the law, learn the reality of US right now and then advice people on the internet.

To be precise, it’s when Celts speak sloppy Latin. Even the silly way they say 80 as 4x20 comes from the Gauls.

Let the body shaming begin!

You always do the same thing and it’s getting boring. You come in with your cookie cutter narrative and try to silence everyone who dares to say something different. Not opposite, not contrary - just different. You see every deviation for you simplistic narrative as being being equally bad. You think I didn’t know this is exactly how you will react to my comment? I was sure you will show up and try to silence me as I was typing it. To be clear, if you get robbed and I say “you should get an alarm” I’m not blaming you and defending the robber. I know it’s incomprehensible to you but two things can be true at the same time: the abuser can be 100% at fault and people can do things to limit the possibility of being abused. Lemmy is full of technologically capable people. Pointing out here that you should control your devices is not an extreme view here. It’s factual statement. That being said, I’m bored and I will just ignore you from now on.

I see prejudice, that’s enough.

Yes, I know, woman would have to say it to for it o be an advice. If a man says it it’s victim blaming.

I’ve seen dozens of cautionary tales written by abused women, telling others how abusers operate, what to look out for and what to do to stay safe. I guess all those women hate victims too.

You’re right, it’s better to pretend abusers don’t exists and don’t take any precautions. Leave our door open, use single password for everything and carry wallets in our back pockets. When something bad happens we’ll just blame the criminal and everything will be fixed.

Remember kids, if you give full control of you car to someone else you will have a bad time.

Easy, “I said ‘two fives’, as in ‘55’, not ‘two five’”.

I think they are still alive but I’m afraid to check now.

You do realize that you will be explaining this to a judge/jury after spending tons of money on lawyers or, more likely, they will Aaron Swartz you and you will take a plea deal to only serve some time in jail? Or do you think the TSA will just let you go?

ICE shot a guy in the middle of the street while being filmed from 5 different angles and no one was even charged. If they are targeting you specifically you’re fucked and no amount of fake PINs and acting will save you. If they are not targeting you the best thing you can do is not to draw attention.

Nelson Mandela is dead???

That’s just another fantasy scenario which will in no way protect you from being charged. It may or may not save you from jail but you will still lose time, money and job offers.

The only way to do in a situation like this is to fully comply. So:

• if you only have to protect your data store it in the cloud and simply uninstall cloud client before going through security

• if you have to protect chats, contacts, browsing history etc. split your communications between two phones. Make sure the dummy phone is actually used (has apps, calls history, chat history, browsing history, pictures). Keep all sensitive communication on one phone and never take it through security

Unlock and show your phone. Let them scan it. Make sure it looks legit but has no sensitive info. All other games will get you in trouble.

I’m level 5 vegetarian with couple of missionary badges and gold stars for public protest. Next year I hope to adopt couple of old chickens and ascend to level 6.