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No Warrant Needed: Border Agents in NY, CT, and VT Can Now Search Your Phone
www.gadgetreview.com/no-warrant-needed-border-agents-in-ny-ct-and-vt-can-now-search-your-phone
Replying to @Mustachius_Grumpius@thelemmy.club
Looks like it’s time to carry a dummy phone with you if you decide to visit the US. Not really sure why any non-citizens would want to do that at this point though.
Replying to @darkdemize@sh.itjust.works
Interestingly, iOS 27 has a new “2 phones can share 1 number and you can swap between them” which didn’t seem to make a lot of sense.
Replying to @YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz
What in the what now? Just between apple phones or with android or other OS? Guess I hafta go read…
Replying to @PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world
cnet.com/…/iphone-handoff-one-number-two-phones/
But The Apple documentation (support.apple.com/en-us/127274) mentions that your iCloud gets synced between both devices, so now I’m confused what the purpose of this is
Replying to @YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz
Dang, I had other ideas!
What you need:
Two devices running iOS 27 or later that are: Connected to Wi-Fi Sharing the same Apple Account Using Messages in iCloud to ensure messages sync Signed into FaceTime and iMessage with the same Apple Account An eSIM from a carrier that supports iPhone Handoff: USA: T-Mobile Germany: Telekom
Replying to @YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz
It’s so you can buy more phones
Replying to @PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world
Haven’t actually tried it but T-Mobile digits supposedly let’s you do what you seek.
Replying to @SpikedIguana@sh.itjust.works
New to me, thanks!
Replying to @YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz
it makes sense in the backdoor sense. esims. so now uncle sam can “be” that 2nd phone.
Replying to @flandish@lemmy.world
Uncle Sam could always be that 2nd phone, the network is ridiculously insecure. It’s so well-known, the spooks didn’t even stop Veritasium from making a video on it. Hell, it doesn’t take a state-level actor either, it takes a motivated individual and that’s pretty much all.
Replying to @darkdemize@sh.itjust.works
I’m not even sure why would they even need to see your phone.
All these idiots use cloud, just requesting data from iOS/google is sufficient in most cases. I think they don’t even have to ask, they gotta have direct api access.
Replying to @darkdemize@sh.itjust.works
if you decide to visit the US.
There is a lot more reasons not to do that than there are reasons to go there.
Replying to @darkdemize@sh.itjust.works
The decision includes citizens, anyone within 100 miles from an international airport, border, or national waterway.