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You have 2 choices based on your preference:
- You're prepared to open your device if asked by someone in a uniform.
- You will resist and are prepared for the consequences.
If #1... take any device you are happy having the contents fully searched through. If you are going the burner route... yes, factory reset, full disk encryption and you'll need to hook it up to a Google account for it to be usable, so create a random Gmail one and install the basic apps you want.
Make sure to print out a travel itinerary that includes where you are staying, address and contact details. When you are there and in your hotel... add your primary profile back to your phone, and you're on your way.
This is a much simplified process if you use something like LastPass which will save app credentials.
For the second choice, take whatever is full disk encrypted and turn it off before you board the plane and don't turn it on again until you've got past all security and border stuff on the other side and are in the civilian landside part of the airport. Do not enable any fingerprint recognition, border control and uniforms have a right to your identity but not to a thing stored in your head... so they can compel you to unlock using a fingerprint. My guesses are, if challenged... you will be needing a lawyer and will be on the next plane back.
In both cases, it's worth pruning public social media profiles of information (hence my ephemeral TweetDelete Twitter profile that self-nukes all tweets after 2 weeks).
- You're prepared to open your device if asked by someone in a uniform.
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@Velocio I'm off to New Orleans at the end of February. Given 45's recent EO's, would it be a wise move to take an 'empty' Android phone, with few personal info on it? I have an iPhone but was never going to take that with me.