https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zkVEvTKOCs
You might want to check what kind of images you got saved on your phone because a dude just got arrested at a Dublin airport because his phone had underage hentai saved on it.
Topic: So what do you have saved on your phone?
Posted under General
Sounds like a good reason not to watch porn on your phone. They can't check the computer that's still sitting at home.
If I'm going to an airport, double check there's no lewd Bowser Jr. or anything on my phone first, got it. Or just put a unlock pattern on my phone and refuse to unlock it. At least in the U.S., nobody can legally force you to unlock your phone without a special warrant (if it's biometrics that's used to unlock, it might be different though? IANAL.) Anyways, this is hardly something shocking at this point, unfortunately.
I'm legit wondering why his phone was checked in the first place. I've been overseas a number of times, mainly to the US and Canada, and I nor my family have ever had our phones checked. Not even as part of a random security check.
eclipse_lunablade said:
I'm legit wondering why his phone was checked in the first place. I've been overseas a number of times, mainly to the US and Canada, and I nor my family have ever had our phones checked. Not even as part of a random security check.
When accessing an open network (free WiFi at the airport) the "administrator" can check your cell phone through the applications with permissions that are activated to see: your location, your audio files, your image/video files, your call log... if I am not mistaken, of course
quro said:
When accessing an open network (free WiFi at the airport) the "administrator" can check your cell phone through the applications with permissions that are activated to see: your location, your audio files, your image/video files, your call log... if I am not mistaken, of course
Ah. So just another reason to never use airport wi-fi beyond the obvious cybersecurity risks.
eclipse_lunablade said:
Ah. So just another reason to never use airport wi-fi beyond the obvious cybersecurity risks.
Yep, this is why it is important to read the conditions and rules that the service is conditioning you before clicking on the button I accept terms and conditions to have free Internet.
quro said:
When accessing an open network (free WiFi at the airport) the "administrator" can check your cell phone through the applications with permissions that are activated to see: your location, your audio files, your image/video files, your call log... if I am not mistaken, of course
What? Wifi networks cannot see any raw files on your device unless you're actually installing a separate application and giving it those permissions
Android applications are siloed away and a network or website can't just say "give me all your data", and an application would need to ask explicit permission for contact access, storage access, call history access, etc when first used unless your android version is old enough permissions are only asked when installing, but even then you are still told about what permissions it asks for and have to grant them
They also can't see images or whatever you're downloading, they could see the domain but they would need to actually MITM or https downgrade attack you to get the content of the request
crocogator said:
(if it's biometrics that's used to unlock, it might be different though? IANAL.)
Pins, patterns, passwords. Things you can plausibly forget, things we used back in the day...
Avoid biometrics, or unlocking your phone could be as easy as looking at it.
The issue with saying no is, if you are boarding an outbound flight they can deny you boarding. And if you're arriving somewhere international they can revoke your visa and force you to leave. Including "I forgot" or "the battery is dead."
There is hope things will turn around- for example, the Israeli supreme court ruled that airport security can't search devices without a warrant(no guarantee warrants won't be issued frivolously, but it's a start.) But until privacy is a universal human right again, you shouldn't bring anything through security you don't want the government to own.
Not surprising given the state of free expression over in Europe. If you're traveling anywhere, backup your phone's contents, wipe it clean, install the bare minimum, and then travel.
Even as a privacy nut who takes measures against that kind of stuff I wouldn't travel with any such data on me.
secret strategy here is to use a microsd card if your phone supports one, you can hide them literally anywhere. Even if they show up on scans chances are if you hide them well enough, or just toss them in a bag somewhere, they won't be checked (you should probably encrypt your sensitive data though)