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this post was submitted on 24 Jan 2026
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All of this can be bypassed on most devices except Graphene OS using the tools they now have available.
Ah fuck.
Well, they’re not immune to getting killed.
I was looking for the image to see if I saved it, but apparently not. There was a image floating around of a private meeting slide presentation that showed the various phones and their vulnerabilities. IIRC, the main things were some issue with the number of allowed log in attempts when all the mobile devices are in the initial boot lock versus regular lock state. The other was how the default USB behavior is handled in the locked state. These are default locked down in Graphene. Additionally, there are tools like a second lock screen password that factory resets the device completely in the background, and automatic reboots so that the phone goes into the initial boot locked state regularly.
If they can't get into the device, they will probably just steal it.
iOS has lockdown mode. If you have proof of this being bypassed I’d love to see it.
How to activate?
Settings > Privacy & Security > Lockdown Mode
I'm not so sure this is the case, at least not trivially, but I'm no pro. There's a reason the feds sued Apple trying to get them to unlock that one guy's phone. Same goes for Android, the most important part is not using biometrics (face, fingerprint) and set a 6 digit pin (or whatever max it allows for).
Before going somewhere hot like a protest, make sure the screen locks automatically when you click power off button, and screen timeout to minimum. Make sure beforehand that your phone has device encryption turned on.
If you use something like google drive or whatever, make it auto-upload your photos/videos, and rather take many shorter videos than one long one, if you find it too technical to set up syncthing or similar, so finished film gets uploaded in the background while you take new one.
Instant screen lock is the most important I think, that way if the pigs come for you, just click the power button and your chances of keeping the vid are pretty solid. Oh, set "automatically backup over data" also, often by default it just does over wifi.