Have you got a Mac too? You can just sync your photos to that and store them locally, then sync them back across to your devices. That’s what I do, no cloud storage involved and you get more control over which devices have which photos

Once the technology is implemented and ubiquitous it would only take a secret government mandate and a gag order for the code to be altered to listen for particular words and phrases and log them

Could this be solved with software that would just print its own random yellow dots to make the code unreadable? At the cost of wasted ink

Is it not accurate? That’s exactly what happened in Australia with similar laws. I was able to use a fake ID to bypass it but without that I wouldn’t be able to use any iOS/macOS device without restrictions

If you’ve got the money, blank burner phone and/or laptop. If you get questioned just say your regular devices are expensive and you were afraid of losing them/damaging them while traveling

Gotta ignore what they’re telling the public and listen to what they’re telling their shareholders and customers

Make sure you don’t drive either. They scan number plates too