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How can I ensure any videos I record on my phone aren't deleted by the cops? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Weydemeyer@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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With reports that the witnesses in today’s murder by ICE were all detained (and their phones presumably confiscated), I’ve been thinking nonstop about if I were to record ICE or the cops doing something, how could I ensure that any videos I record are not able to be deleted, assuming my phone was confiscated? I’m talking about specific tactics.

My phone runs iOS. I already have a strong passcode which hopefully makes brute forcing difficult. I use ADP and the only thing I back up automatically are photos and videos. In theory, I think my setup is fairly secure, since it would be hard to get into my phone or my iCloud account. But I don’t know what vulnerabilities or tools I may be missing.

I’m asking for iOS, but I think it’s good to discuss Android and GrapheneOS as well.

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[–] yaroto98@lemmy.world 47 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (8 children)

Set up syncthing on your phone and whatever other device (laptop/pc/another phone at home/etc). Point it to your photos/videos folder and sync to your device at home(or friend's house). If your phone is confiscated and they manage to get it deleted from the cloud, you'll have a copy on your device. Make sure you enable settings like trashcan or versioning so the files deleted on your phone aren't auto deleted on the device.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It is my understanding that iOS does not support Syncthing.

[–] yaroto98@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Mayne that's old? My quick google show Mobius Sync and Synctrain are two syncthing clients that work on ios.

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