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Yes, border control can go through your phone. Here's what travelers should know. (eu.usatoday.com)
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (4 children)

The novel Little Brother by Cory Doctorow comes to mind.

One PIN would log you into your real account, another PIN into a decoy account, and no indication of the other one existing.

That does not exist in the real world.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago

This is called plausibly deniable encryption, though you cannot hide the presence of the system itself.

GrapheneOS has a Duress PIN feature, which wipes your phone if entered.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

My LG G2 from 2014 had that, I’m sure there are current ROMs that support this