That may not be the best advice. It might get you charged with destroying evidence. If you have graphene and its locked down, then your best bet is probably just to hope you and your device are out before they can pull anything from it.
I am no expert on lineage, so take this all with a grain of salt. You being fully updated on lineage doesn’t necessarily mean you have all security updates. The OS maintainers will take time to implement fixes after vulnerabilities are reported, and there may be a delay even if google has patched core android. Manufacturers have that same issue however, so this isn’t unique to Lineage.
The bootloader being unlocked will always be a weak point, and last I looked into it most phones don’t allow for the bootloader to be locked after unlocking.
Having your software and firmware up to date is always going to be a good idea. And if you’re expecting to go somewhere that you might be detained (protests/demonstrations) then it might be a good idea to just not bring the phone at all. Physical access to a device offers significantly more options for pulling data from the device.
If you’re comparing stock OS vs Lineage, the password length doesn’t really matter. The issue would be vulnerabilities introduced by having an unlocked bootloader, or security updates that haven’t been applied to Lineage OS.
Also its hard to answer what ‘police’ can do because that varies widely depending on which LE you’re dealing with. Basically any data can be retrieved given enough time and resources. So the this all depends on what your threat landscape looks like.
Or it is really bad photo editing/manipulation. That poster looks really bad.
Not necessarily. They could be selling at a loss in order to gain goodwill. It could also be in the hope that tax incentives return to limit the duratiom of losses. Though it’s almost certain that the MSRP could have been lower since companies don’t tend to leave profits on the table.
Totally fair. So I guess make the judgment based on the lesser of two evils there.