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Password instead of pin/visual pin/fingerprint/face id. That is it. Nobody can break in without a backdoor.
At US border, if you refuse to unlock your phone you are immediately put into custody. All this bullshit is suprisingly ineffective with a gun pointed at your head.
GrapheneOS has a panic pin you can setup that when entered fully wipes the phone. You lose whatever was on it but that is the best "defense" I have seen so far.
Edit: not sure how thorough the wipe is but it would likely prevent access except through forensics.
Would they shoot you though? You then can't tell the password anymore. And if you set it that way, if it's put in wrongly, it destroys itself.