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I have two phones which is only because I wouldn't be upset if this phone was stolen or lost or broken unlike my main phone. My travel phone is an older and cheap Google pixel phone on which I installed Graphene. I use it regularly to read books from my local library. I do not bring it with me anywhere other than travel. On this phone I also:
I have had issues in the past with TSA and my phone with a "random" search. They requested I unlock my phone. I did not, and requested a warrant and will not speak more than my rights and that I will only speak through legal counsel should they be able to produce a warrant. They searched me and my belongings over the course of a few hours. They can eat my ass.
In addition all of my personal machines including my steam deck and my laptop are also encrypted and secured using FOSS software including Linux as the OS. I have nothing to hide, but I'm also smart enough to not provide them with anything they could twist out of context or use against me.
Wow, that quite a setup !
I am sad it's required for any level of privacy and sovereignty