• FuglyDuck
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    I highly recommend graphene.

    And for anyone going to a protest to get a cheap burner and flash graphene, then leave your normal phone at home. You can swap phones on your plan pretty easily.

    Alternatively, for the very paranoid, go set up a prepaid and anon line and move your device there. Pay cash for the card and set it up online at a public library.

    Especially if you’re planning on a little civil disobedience.

    Just a reminder, if police think something is about to go down, they’ll spoof the tower and collect device information… including things like phone numbers so if your suddenly changing behavior to go somewhere and do something the fascists dickfucks in office won’t like… best be paranoid.

    A second device will still at least keep them from getting all your personal shit. And seriously, Don’t just turn off your normal phone. Leave it at home.

      • FuglyDuck
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        828 days ago

        there is something to be said about being connected to others. particularly for protests that move around or so you can let people know you’re driving home etc vs locked up for bullshit.

        it’s also convenient as a form of souseveillance. Just remember pictures and video are evidence, that cuts both ways; especially in the face of cops being excessive.

        • Flax
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          228 days ago

          Wouldn’t bringing your car mean easy surveillance

          • FuglyDuck
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            127 days ago

            Unless you happen to live fairly close… which is fairly not likely…. So you drive to a rally point or someplace near some transit (or with plausible deniability,) etc. to get in.

            Or just conceal your plates and don’t drive something flashy,

            • Flax
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              227 days ago

              Anyway, where are these protests americans are talking about? All I see are people complaining online while trump runs a ruckus in the oval office

              • FuglyDuck
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                227 days ago

                protests are happening everywhere, in every state, though they’re mostly small. the news isn’t covering a lot of them because there’s no rioters and the news can’t push a narrative that people hate trump.

      • FuglyDuck
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        528 days ago

        Not really.

        Most new phones use other identifiers. You might be able to buy very cheap prepaid phones or cards for them, but they’re going away from swappable sims.

        For most carriers, if you occasionally want to swap to a different device it’s just a matter of going to your account online and swapping it (for example, travel. It’s safer to use a clean device rather than your normal phone. Both for border crossings and everything else.)

        • CronyAkatsuki
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          328 days ago

          Quite literally not where I live. None of the carries here offer esim’s.

            • CronyAkatsuki
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              28 days ago

              Hahahaha.

              My country doesn’t have protest problen. Mostly because it’s all mostly old people that live here and just don’t care anymore about anything.

              Edit: lol

    • @umbrella@lemmy.ml
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      im not aware of a device that can run graphene but its also cheap enough to be a burner.

        • @SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml
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          if that were the case i would still use it. however there was no way i could give Gadget-Bridge the “display over other apps” permission

          • @ITGuyLevi@programming.dev
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            I don’t remember offhand, but I think that’s buried in a restricted settings area… I needed it for something I can’t remember now.

            Edit:

            Settings > Apps >Special app access > Display over other apps

            • @SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml
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              127 days ago

              i looked in every sensible sub menu, and i could give other apps the permission, just not Gadget-Bridge. on lineageks it worked instantly

              • @bathtublobster@lemmy.world
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                Settings > Apps > Special app access > Display over other apps

                This advice is partially correct, but enabling the feature requires an additional step. While you can try toggling it on from that menu, you’ll see a warning and what appears to be a non-clickable (?) link about learning more.

                To fully enable it, go to the app’s Permissions screen, tap the three dots in the top-right corner, and enable Access to restricted settings first. Once that’s done, you should be able to turn on Display over other apps successfully.

                It doesn’t feel like users have a clear path to enabling this feature without that link working in the warning.

      • qaz
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        328 days ago

        It’s not more locked down than iOS imo