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ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 2 months ago
Just don’t bring it. Bring a digital pocket camera instead to document stuff.
Nowadays, you can’t use a mobile phone without signing in to some Google service or Apple. It’s mandatory. Giving them access to every data you own.
sureshot0@discuss.online 2 months ago
floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
With the SIM completely turned off, maybe. But it’s still a bad idea.
mostlikelyaperson@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yup. It’s a bit of a question of how paranoid are you/you feel you need to be but it may be worth keeping in mind that the baseband modem of any phone is proprietary and runs its own unaudited software the end user has no control over or insight into.
floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
No need to be paranoid, IMEI/IMSI are built into the protocols. Phone networks were never built with anonymity in mind
bufalo1973@piefed.social 2 months ago
Without the SIM.
blinfabian@feddit.nl 2 months ago
e/OS too? :3
protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
I use my android phons without a google acccount without having a custom rom, it is usable just that most people are too ignorant and clueless
ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 2 months ago
I have a Samsung phone and it is mandatory to have a Samsung account to use it.
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
You don’t need a samsung account lol. You probably missed the small text that allows you to skip it.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I have a Samsung Galaxy S10 and no Samsung account. I just flashed the rom. I also bought an unlocked phone, but I don’t think that actually matters.
ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 2 months ago
Yeah it wasn’t mandatory back in the s10 days years ago. But times have changed.
anon_8675309@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That and cell towers….
But a cheap burner. Don’t activate it. Keep it in a faraday pouch. In an emergency remove from faraday pouch and call 911. You can do that on phones you don’t activate.
But everything else, like you said, document with a digital camera.