Alissa Azar1d ago

Seeing a lot of “how to prepare” type posts for ICE at airports, which is great… but almost every post I’m seeing has said to turn off biometrics (great) and turn your phone off completely while going through security.

As someone who has been given an insanely difficult time at airports the past 3 years, please don’t rely on turning your phone off alone. It might work for some people, but I’m not allowed past security without showing all of my electronics turn on, and they have to remain on until I get through.

I have quite a few posts detailing my experiences. If it’s helpful I can try to dig them up and reshare. I know it won’t be the same for everyone, but what I go through is pretty intense and maybe getting an idea of some of the things they do will help.

Show threadBoyd Stephen Smith Jr.

@alissaazar I, too, have been requested to turn on various devices. The excuse I've heard it that it lets the security "verify" the circuity is running that device, not an explosive in the case of that device.

It's always been easier for me to just do it, and I've not ever actually been asked to input my LUKS password or my phone unlock info.

I suppose instead of turning it off, you might put it on airplane mode and disable wifi, but I'm not an expert on all the ways my phone tracks me and how that can be accessed by authoritarians.

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Show threadwonofone 🍉9h ago
@BoydStephenSmithJr @alissaazar at least restart it and don't enter first unlock code