Securing a travel iPhone

Filippo Valsorda:

These are dry notes I took in the process of setting up a burner iPhone SE as a secure travel device. They are roughly in setup order.

I believe iOS to be the most secure platform one can use at this time, but there are a lot of switches and knobs. This list optimizes for security versus convenience.

I hope to start travelling in Europe again early next year and am interested in how to secure my iPhone. I don’t think I would go to all the trouble detailed in this post but there are definitely tips and tricks galore many of us can use to be even a bit more secure when we travel.