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Re:US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during ai... by ozim on Monday July 27, 2026 @03:42AM (#49066267)
Problem is „are you sure you marked for deletion all the correct things” because you could have already deleted it before traveling or moved to other device you don’t travel with.

Selection on border control might be arbitrary, they can hold you or send you back over a photo or something you wouldn’t think should be a problem.

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Re:US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during ai... by eru on Monday July 27, 2026 @06:31AM (#49067538)
That's why you do it the other way round: you mark things that you don't want deleted.
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Re:US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during ai... by ozim on Monday July 27, 2026 @07:04AM (#49067789)
That is not really making any difference if you can prepare beforehand

and

you can’t be sure which things can get you in trouble.

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Re:US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during ai... by eru on Monday July 27, 2026 @08:24AM (#49068659)
It does make a difference: you only mark enough to be kept to make your phone looks like it's in use, as opposed to obviously wiped.

By default, new material will be deleted. So you don't have to prepare again and again.

> you can’t be sure which things can get you in trouble.

When in doubt, don't mark it as keep.

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