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It seems foolhardy to carry your life savings around everywhere, encrypted or not.

If you really want to keep this stuff on a phone at least stretch to a second phone and keep it somewhere safe.

Exactly. Don't keep your life on your phone. We shouldn't have to take these precautions but unfortunately we do.

What if everyone at the airport or border stood together and refused to comply?

Nobody makes their flight.

or a separate hard drive in a fireproof safe or something.