Holy moly! Good to know, I really wanted to visit China in the near future and I will be aware of it while enjoying my time there.
I think when you go to China you must have with you your "fiat phone", the one with Google all the KYC shit. So you just enjoy your time there, but to access the "alternative world" you bring with you a RPi Zero W with Arch and all the CLI tools (WeChat for IRC, a future Nostr CLI client and so on, Neomutt for your Protonmail/Skiff/Tuta and so on), any problem you think you might get yourself into, you just fry and destroy the encrypted MicroSD with the Arch image and all your CLI/TUI setup.
Maybe don't bring it across the border but just buy it in Shenzhen and destroy it on the way out :-)
If you're worried about malware: it's not like your importer is going to remove that.
Great point! I could bring just the microSD and buy a RPi locally. Or not even the MicroSD, then buy everything locally and download the Arch image with a Nixpackage with the whole setup.
I don't know whether I am getting too paranoid, but I don't know what they might do with westerners in the future if they find with you a MicroSD or a phone with GrapheneOS.
Anyway, any solution for this specific situation will be valid for a future surveillance state West.
Just memorize the sha256 hash of the Arch. Oh but what operating system would you check the hash on? :-)
Ohh such a good question! haha I was wondering whether I could download Arch ISO with the normal Android I theoretically brought with me and flesh a MicroSD using the smartphone itself.
Well, regarding to download I could use Transmission or any torrent client for Android. For checking the sha256 hash I just did a quick test here and it's possible with Termux:
https://image.nostr.build/0336c498e4c5babb0627ac82e555d6cb517ee22def6c8afee1b84ad32c573984.jpg
The only open question now is whether I can flesh a MicroSD using Android, I will take a look at this specific topic and bring the answer later haha
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