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CousinIT

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1. I use MFA, passkeys mostly. For phone, I use a numeric passcode - no face or fingerprint.
Sun Feb 8, 2026, 01:01 PM
7 hrs ago

By law, you do not have to tell law enforcement the passcode.

Before leaving for any political activity, esp protests, I put the phone in airplane mode. No connectivity. And turn off location use for everything. EDIT: And last time, I set the phone so alerts, calls, or codes wouldn't show up on the home screen. But I can still take photos. Then turn it all back on when I'm back home.

Next time I'll be wearing sunglasses and a bandana around my face, too.

It doesn't cover everything and isn't perfect (many leave their phones at home, which is the safest option), but it's some of what I do.

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