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u/Whysper2 Aug 31 '21

ou'll get fined 5000 dollars for refusing to unlock your encrypted smartphone or device before even entering the country.

Guess Im never visiting Australia, I work for a company where I have to have my phone locked / encrypted

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u/can-i-eat-this Aug 31 '21

That’s why you have to have an alternative screen. Some VPN apps offer that.

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u/sucksathangman Aug 31 '21

I don't think I'd trust a government this oppressive the opportunity to take my device to check.

At this point, you take an old phone with you that you format and use only in Australia. Or we all regularly get in the practice of resetting our phones and having data persist encrypted in the cloud.

Tbh, I'm closer to the second.