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Before going to a protest, demonstrators or observers should note that their cellphones may subject them to surveillance tactics by law enforcement. If your cellphone is on and unsecured, your location can be tracked and your unencrypted communications, such as SMS, may be intercepted. Additionally, police may retrieve your messages and the content of your phone if they take custody of your phone, or later by warrant or subpoena.

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[-] drdalek@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 4 days ago

Stolen from another post:

"you need around 6 layers of tin foil you can test this if you have a bluetooth device start playing some music or any audio and start wrapping in tinfoil until it disconnects id also say to leave your phone at home sk it pings the cell towers that you are at home and bring a burner if you can and make sure the burner is private so use cash prepaid sims and dont put the sim in at home or work make sure its all a mall away from cameras"

Be safe tomorrow everyone

[-] solrize@lemmy.ml 15 points 4 days ago

Some very cheap phones with minutes included, here:

https://www.qvc.com/electronics/phones/tracfone/_/N-mlt0Z1z1393y/c.html

OTOH they can probably be traced back to you since you have to order them with your presumably real name. You can buy phones and prepaid cards anonymously in phone stores but it will cost more.

[-] sqgl@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

OTOH they can probably be traced

Well, they are called TracFone 🙃

[-] seven_phone@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago

The powers that you are necessarily taking these precautions against are all funded by your taxes.

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[-] Uriel_Copy@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

I learned this recently: if you have an iPhone, pressing the lock button five times rapidly will lock it so that you need to enter a passcode, not just FaceID. Useful if you think somebody might forcibly use your face to unlock it

[-] athairmor@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yes, but this will also call emergency services after, I think, ten seconds.

Make sure you cancel that call right away unless you actually need them.

[-] Manalith@midwest.social 5 points 3 days ago

Honestly, it would be kind of funny that your phone calls emergency services when you get pulled over and you don't want them to force you to unlock your phone, having a 911 operator recording the entire interaction's audio.

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