I doubt its even environmentally/economically sustainable for a whole crowd of millions to just buy burners to discard after every protest. Too much ewaste. Is there a strategy that everyone can use without generating too much ewaste?
I doubt its even environmentally/economically sustainable for a whole crowd of millions to just buy burners to discard after every protest. Too much ewaste. Is there a strategy that everyone can use without generating too much ewaste?
As others have said, there are two discrete threat models.
Turning off all the radios (pull out the SIM for good measure) is enough to block any proof of your geographic whereabouts. That absolutely includes wifi. Cell towers are yesterday’s news, geolocation is also done by wifi and GPS and your device will be sharing that with a bunch of third parties if you let it connect.
But there’s a separate issue about what happens if you have to surrender the device. For this scenario, your choice will be between fighting the authorities over the encryption key or presenting a dummy device as your only one.