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I can't speak for everyone, but if I'm using a dumb phone, I'm not going to be doing any of the things that I'm worried about them hearing.
If ICE grabs my phone right now and beats me until I lock it. They're going to be looking through my lemmy history.
I'm not going to hold a long political dissertation over SMS or during a phone call.
What I really want to at this point is a pager, a cellular Wi-Fi access point, and an 8" tablet that can run Linux and sip power so I can just pretend I don't have a device.
This is basically what I was thinking. Where can I find a fully functioning 8" Linux Tablet? I feel like the rest of it is easy peasy.
Edit: In my head, I am imagining a steam deck but with the side controller bits snapped off. Someone pls make this. lol
Pine64 has something I think. I don't know if it's any good though.
Okay, it's no steam deck, but the GPD-4 6xxx model looks like it supports Linux reasonably well.
https://gpdstore.net/blog/gpd-pocket-4-review/
https://github.com/aarron-lee/gpd-win-tricks?tab=readme-ov-file#disable-fp-sensor-6800u-untested-on-newer-win-4-models
It's an 8.8 inch 180 degree touchscreen and it has a keyboard built in.
It's a pricey sausage, but not more expensive than my flagship phone.
I keep hoping the Halium project will pick up support for some small tablet, but those are almost all bootloader-locked. I don't love Halium, but anything is better than what we have, I could deal with some UBPorts.
I even looked at DIY. There's no lack of 7" touchscreens, but Pi's are apparently bad on power. There are a couple of mini clone boards that might work, but they all have tradeoffs and red flags.
GrapheneOs Duress Pin is what you are looking for in your described scenario i think
That's a good way to get locked up for 6 months while they 'investigate' you
What are you trying to hide RUMBA??? Ihre Papiere bitte
there are cases out there of people being detained for years for not providing the unlock pin/passwords to encrypted data.
yup, I want no parts of that.
Here's my license, here's my phone. here's my travel laptop.
I just stopped traveling altogether