This, 100%. Lockdown mode is a false sense of safety in all honesty. As MegaUltraChicken (he is legend) is saying, you need to have your phone in a Before First Unlock (BFU) state to have maximum protection of your data (and is also phone model dependent)

Here’s a great link to read more about this and find where your phone falls susceptibility wise.

Yes, this is good, however lockdown mode does NOT protect you against forensic extraction of your data, for example from the Cellebrite tool. Your phone has two states, BFU and AFU (before/after first unlock). To maximize your protection against your data being extracted, your phone needs to have not had its first unlock after being powered up. Lockdown mode does nothing here.

So, use lockdown in general if you like, however, when going through customs or in a place where your phone may be confiscated, power it down fully. Don’t unlock it if you power it up, and don’t use biometric fingerprint or face unlock so you’re not forced to unlock it.

In addition to what these articles recommend, you should turn off your device before going through customs. If you decide to power it on or not, that’s up to you. However, you should NOT unlock it for the first time.

Your phone (either android or iPhone) forensically has two states - BFU (before first unlock) and AFU (after first unlock). You may not think this is a big difference but it’s actually huge. After your device has its first unlock it’s much more susceptible to forensic data extraction. The BFU state on several devices is, as far as publicly known, immune to AFU extraction with Cellebrite. Naturally older devices or those that weren’t designed with security in mind are susceptible in either state.

Look into GrapheneOS and their user forum if you want to learn more about this as well as what devices have decent protection against forensic data extraction

tl,dr - power off and optionally back on your phone but don’t do the first login if you want to deny your device being searched or at least to make it as difficult and as expensive as possible for your data to be extracted forensically.

Source - I’m a cybersecurity professional

It’s cool, trump is getting his so who cares about literally anything else?

• signed, MAGA

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Well I’ve had essentially every console Nintendo has ever produced, but at least for now I’m not excited about the switch 2 for this very reason, I’m fairly put off about it.

I’m either going to buy a steamdeck or wait for the cost to go down (Nintendo is usually firm with their pricing though) on the Switch 2 before I’ll ever buy it or any games.

Especially while the US languishes under trump for the next nearly four years. I’m not going to have a lot of extra space for added expenses and price gouging.

I’ve also heard it’s a one way street (dad pun) - meaning it’s not reversible

I also love this YouTube video, which covers this extremely well - https://youtu.be/s7tWHJfhiyo

Seems like these folks need an attitude adjustment

I was an orphan at the time, but when I was putting myself through college I had food stamps and it helped me a ton with keeping me fed. I was fortunate to have that program available to me at that time in my life. I also worked several jobs at the same time.

Fuck you Krasnov!

I wish I could vote in some of these polls, clearly I get bypassed for never answering my phone for numbers I don’t recognize.

I don’t think so, but I’m certainly not an expert on the subject. However, I would think at worst you could hold it until you pass out. Once you pass out, your body would no longer consciously be purposely trying not to breathe, and you would then start breathing before you regain consciousness.

Logically that’s how I think it would go, at least.

Anyone with skill to do a basic Google search can easily see he’s a kiddy diddler, no surprise here.

King Krasnov’s English, to ensure it’s differentiated from Queen’s English our friends speak across the pond.

🎵 Say everybody have you seen my balls? They’re big and salty and brown. If you ever need a quick, pick-me-up, just stick my balls in your mouth 🎵

WCGW

Hey, I’m glad you can pull it off! I would look really weird with a shaved head. I would think there’s still maintenance involved though. How often do you have to shave it?