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[-] [email protected] 34 points 22 hours ago

DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR PHONE

DO NOT TALK TO POLICE

Your ONLY responses should be to identify yourself, and "I will not make any statements without my lawyer present."

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Serious question, what gets you into these situations that you need to safeguard your belongings so hard? I'm asking to understand not to make a shit post thread.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 22 hours ago

They only need to be 500 miles near you, if they pay for the good juicy 2G exploits 😉

[-] [email protected] 9 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

A lot of countries have disabled their 2G networks (and 3G in some cases). I think 4G and 5G have a more secure signaling protocol than SS7?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

Well, it does not matter if the country has no 2G. The thing is, that your phone is 2G compatible. They tell the phone something like “ehh, at this spot we have only 2G roaming” and phone is like “sure, let’s downgrade to 2G”

Profit.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 25 minutes ago

Ohhh I didn't consider that. Good point!

[-] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago

Australia is currently in the process of phasing out 3g, which is annoying cause a 3g hotspot is the only way I can consistently get my 2ds connected to the internet

[-] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago

Hu? Hotspot is wifi, so what Generation of mobile Network is used should not impact that. The problem with DS would only be wpa2 not supported, but that does not matter, if you do not set a password.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

It it isn't 3g, it just won't show up regardless of password and I have no idea why

Home WiFi is very inconsistent on it as well, existing and connecting but not giving internet (but somehow passes the initial check)

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

Maybe your phone only uses 5GHz wifi if internet speed is good enough that it is worth it. There is usually a switch that is called something like maximum compatibility where it turns WiFi down to 2.4GHz

This on iPhone: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/explained-maximum-compatibility-option-within-personal-hotspot-on-iphone/articleshow/95916069.cms

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

How do test if it has internet? Nintendo has shut down eShop and online play, so those features are expected not to work. (If you don’t know someone running a reverse engineered servers like pretendo, and set DNS of 3ds accordingly)

I have two 3ds in my wpa2 network (should have written wpa3 in comment prior, got confused, only OG DS does not support wpa2) and they connect to the internet very well (with only 500k down 😂 but it is enough to download games (😜from the source where there are still some available) over night)

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

The internet status in the top left when on the home screen, it is blue for about half a min then turns grey which signifies losing connection

I have no idea why this happens tho, so for now I'll stick to 3g hotspot til it gets removed

[-] [email protected] 14 points 23 hours ago

It's not possible not to it you want to visit USA. If you don't, they'll reject your visa or deny entry. Thr only way is to use brand new cheap android before or after ( after is better ) and resell it once you go back. Most corporations do so

[-] [email protected] 20 points 21 hours ago

So the answer is to not visit the US then.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 17 hours ago

it's a policy that has never let me down

[-] [email protected] 13 points 21 hours ago

Don't you want to see our amazing 200 years as a nation and 500 years of massacre sites??!!?

[-] [email protected] 9 points 21 hours ago

No, but your weird obsession with ridiculously unhealthy food is somewhat interesting.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 21 hours ago

The obesity rate in Australia (and New Zealand) isn't very far behind the USA...

[-] [email protected] 8 points 21 hours ago

Agreed.

And the causes are probably broadly similar; lack of education about how to cook, lack of time to cook, lack of education on healthy food, too much food advertising, ultra-processed foods are too common, healthy foods are expensive....

[-] [email protected] 75 points 1 day ago

The more comments and news I read about the US the more Orwellian it feels.

You guys really need a massive left-shift away from the omnipresent government which regulates bodies more than companies.

[-] [email protected] 40 points 1 day ago

Oh sorry instead we’re going to get fascism

[-] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The whole Western world is at this point, it's so depressing. Even when the left seems to win democratically people like Macron nakedly abuse their authority and choose to caucus with the fascists over the social democrats.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 22 hours ago

This is what happens if you stop developing your democracy and chill on the work people from the past have started to develop

Happens all the time, if you look into history

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[-] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Pro tip, if you suspect the police are going to take your phone, turn it off. As far as I am aware, finger print and face id do not work on initial startup and they can't compel you to enter your pin without a warrant.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago

If you have an iPhone, holding down either volume button and the side button will bring out the Medical ID, slide to power off, Emergency SOS screen. This will also disable FaceID. Password will be required to access the phone now.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 22 hours ago

Better yet: don't use biometrics. My phone has face recognition for unlocking, but I better stick to a PIN/PASSWORD.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 21 hours ago

Or better yet just don't use a phone at all! Can't make you unlock what you don't have!

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[-] [email protected] 81 points 2 days ago

Mark my words.

For many of us, this is a "No shit Sherlock" moment.

But in 10 years, we will have young people going "Uh what really?"

Remember when we used to say, "Don't put your name on the internet?" And now it's everywhere?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago

I bet I dossed my pseudonym like not even a day after creating 🤣

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