Ulrich

It doesn’t decryption does.

Is it available without the encryption? I don’t like waiting 10 seconds for my files to open every time…

What’s to stop them from doing this in perpetuity? Just every few months they opt everyone back in.

GrapheneOS is much better. Use Mullvad for VPN.

He says it’s backdoored but doesn’t provide any evidence?

This is why I use email aliases.

I guess the author has never heard of compression? Or voice to text?

There won’t be any commercial VPNs that won’t have a commercial IP.

You might look around for a community-hosted VPN.

None of those countries are trying to dismantle encryption entirely so no, I disagree.

If I had a phone set up like that, and, say, ICE or TSA took it, what would they be able to get from it?

Depends on what state it’s in. If it’s in lockdown mode, nothing. GOS blocks all access to data via the USB. If it’s unlocked, everything that’s not locked by further authentication.

but what’s to keep them from just beating it out of you

Nothing. That doesn’t mean you should willingly consent to it.

This isn’t about what police can do

You can be required to unlock your device

Sure seems like it’s about what police can do. And no, they cannot force you to do that.

but I think it’d be easier to explain than a factory stock pay as you go phone.

You do not need to and should not explain anything. Don’t answer any questions.

Using lockdown is the same thing as restarting, it puts it into a BFU state.

Thank you for your permission

If they move in front of me, so what?

Then you’re no longer doing what you said you were doing…?

They’ll be at the following distance I’m maintaining because they’re continuing to move faster.

…what? That’s not how distance works? If you’re 300 ft behind and someone cuts in 100 feet in front of you, you’re now at a following distance of 100 feet. Congratulations, you’ve just failed the objective. Then you slow down, but that doesn’t matter because this happens over and over again as people try to get around you.

I’ll go on doing exactly what you think isn’t possible anyway

No you wont LOL. You’re lying.

the solution is to slow until the following distance is enough for your speed.

I don’t know what part of “that’s not possible” and “drivers will cut in front of you like a waterfall” you’re not understanding

How so?

the tested stopping distance for my car and 60-0 is about 120 feet

You drive a Corvette or something?

If you can see any flaws in my logic or math, I’d love to hear it.

The only mistake I see is that you made it unnecessarily complicated and still arrived at the same answer but stopped short of acknowledging that people cannot possibly drive on a crowded freeway with a football field following distance.

at the very least, if we’re not in a middle lane and there’s a shoulder, we should at least be able to dodge them if needed.

And if you are?

I spent several months refusing to drive over 55 mph

Run this experiment again at 55MPH and you’ll get similar results.

just about any accident…is likely avoidable

“Just about” is doing a lot of work there. I maintain this particular situation is unavoidable.

Im talking about the freeway, yes.

I know math, so let’s do some of that:

The braking distance of a typical sedan at 70mph is 210 feet. Add another 70 feet for a reaction time and you’re talking about an entire football field of following distance. And that’s assuming you drive a sedan.

There’s simply no way you can maintain that in a dense urban environment. Other drivers will cut in front of you like a waterfall. It’s nothing to do with what kind of person you are.