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.


would be nice to have an ‘instant sync to remote location’ shortcut, i kinda have this on android with termux and rsync but not sure for ios
a live streaming method would be good too, also a burner phone
The ACLU used to provide an app & service specifically for such situations, but they discontinued it a year ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACLU_Mobile_Justice