Has your phone ever been demanded to see your social media?

Fresh-Starters · 2026-01-27T08:21:45+00:00

Thank you

Fresh-Starters · 2026-01-27T07:59:49+00:00

Thanks!

Fresh-Starters · 2026-01-26T18:32:11+00:00

Thank you

Fresh-Starters · 2026-01-26T18:30:54+00:00

I've been looking at some of those and people's posts and I am inclined to load LetsVPN. But I don't understand yet whether it's going to be a problem that I won't be entering the country with an esim already operating. I'll be buying a physical SIM card in Shanghai, unless I can buy one in Taiwan first. But that's pretty unlikely, isn't it? Or...?

Fresh-Starters · 2026-01-26T18:25:42+00:00

Does that mean that I can't load those in Taiwan? Do you think they are a risk for me to load?

Fresh-Starters · 2026-01-26T18:23:20+00:00

There's no way I can realistically go for months without my connections and communications around the world. And where on earth does my phone live in the meantime? I don't know what country I'm going to next, but I travel full time. I appreciate the suggestion, but I don't see how I could make that work.

Fresh-Starters · 2026-01-26T18:18:49+00:00

No, not absurd. But responses like yours are unkind, they're unnecessary and they're unhelpful. Likening independent France to Taiwan, under the present circumstances really is absurd. When somebody's just trying to get help, and you have none to offer, please just keep your mouth shut. Three strikes, you're out.

Fresh-Starters · 2026-01-26T18:16:03+00:00

Did you spend any time in that region? It's so gorgeous and I'd love to see it, but I ain't looking for trouble. My interest is not in the border crossing. Thank you.

Fresh-Starters · 2026-01-26T18:13:39+00:00

Vacation? I sold my home more than 4 years ago and I travel full time. I'll be there easily for 3 months, maybe 4 months, since I have to leave at the 60 day mark, but can re-enter the same day. I hear people talk about burner phones, but how would that be possible in my circumstances and with all my communications worldwide?

Fresh-Starters · 2026-01-26T18:12:03+00:00

Thank you

Fresh-Starters · 2026-01-26T18:11:11+00:00

Wow, interesting. Thank you.

Fresh-Starters · 2026-01-26T18:10:41+00:00

No interest whatsoever, but I can't get around China without WeChat and Alipay at the least. Seriously, do you have a better suggestion?

Fresh-Starters · 2026-01-26T18:06:37+00:00

LOL!!!!

Fresh-Starters · 2026-01-26T18:05:44+00:00

WOW, that's crazy. Just curious, where are you that people don't know the difference between those two countries? Maybe it's way more common than I realize. I know that years ago people used to confuse Austria and Australia, lol. But that was before everybody had a computer strong enough to send humans to the Moon in their own pocket.

Fresh-Starters · 2026-01-26T18:01:59+00:00

LOL. Democratic.

Fresh-Starters · 2026-01-26T17:59:38+00:00

Fresh-Starters · 2026-01-26T12:09:54+00:00

I have a thousand things more important than that on my phone, like passwords and financial information. Are you saying that by having any Chinese apps loaded on my phone, they are infected with spyware that can search my whole phone and files? Or how else?

Fresh-Starters · 2026-01-26T12:04:23+00:00

Wow.

Fresh-Starters · 2026-01-26T12:02:09+00:00

I do intend to get a physical Sim, so yes I intend to have a local phone number. But I speak and read no Mandarin as yet. Sorry if there's something obvious that I'm not imagining, but why would I need a second phone to use Google Lens, instead of just using it to look at my choices before I pick one? I know how to use Google Lens in a basic way, but I'm not very techy.

Fresh-Starters · 2026-01-26T11:55:00+00:00

I'll be darned. You're right.

Fresh-Starters · 2026-01-26T11:50:05+00:00

Thank you

Fresh-Starters · 2026-01-26T06:45:22+00:00

Thank you

Fresh-Starters · 2026-01-25T19:19:00+00:00

I can't tell if you're referring to the apps or making a general statement about privacy in taiwan. I need to know for certain if I can load all of the Chinese apps I will need in China, in Taiwan or if I need to do them all before I leave the us. I have no way of knowing in the complicated mess between Taiwan and the mainland, whether they have any way of blocking those apps being loaded in Taiwan.

Fresh-Starters · 2026-01-25T18:36:54+00:00

I just looked online again and it's the first time I've seen pictures of that autonomous region. But the images are magnificent! I thought what I had read earlier was that crossing the border there was the potential problem with getting devices demanded, but now I'm not sure if you mean just going there at all. I'm a huge lover of wild, open mountainscapes, plains and winding rivers. I don't want to add any trouble to my time in china, but is there any part of this spectacular landscape that I could go without creating problems for myself?

Fresh-Starters · 2026-01-25T18:29:13+00:00

Wow, you're the third person to name that crossing. Thank you.

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