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what to do with your phone on nternational travel?
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this post was submitted on 03 Sep 2026
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I like this point, and kinda want to dig in. What are the risks for journalists? I assume contact information and notes they've taken about potential stories. Chats. Passwords to those applications. Is it the same for the activist person?
What are other common risk profiles people might need to think about?
I care about it in principle, but also they're making up the rules as they go.
IMO that's a big one b/c it can dox sources.
Frankly I think most random internet activists won't be bothered at airports. But selected ones seen as "a problem" might be. They'd have to worry about their social graph. Who they communicate with, are ppl with similar views.
Also both journalists and activitists have to worry about fishing expeditions. "Give me six lines written by the most honest man in the world, and I will find enough in them to hang him." - Richelieu.