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A device is only useful if you know how to use it
These drills reproduce real situations and walk you, choice by choice, through a real onsecret procedure. Each branch states honestly what it protects — and what it does not. No JavaScript required.
Border crossing
A border checkpoint is where your phone’s "at rest" protection matters most. Walk the branches: each choice states honestly what it protects — and what it does not.
Procedure taughtPrepare an onsecret device before a checkpoint: short auto-reboot, at-rest encryption, duress PIN, a Tails key for the laptop.
Open the drillCoercion / duress PIN
The duress PIN is powerful and irreversible. This drill reproduces pitfall #1 from the hardening sheet, then asks the hard question honestly: should you really use it?
Procedure taughtSet the duress PIN correctly (Settings → Security → Device unlock → Duress password) — and understand when it helps and when it hurts.
Open the drillLost or stolen phone
Your phone is gone. The first move is not panic: it is to understand which protections already act on their own, and what Find My Device can — and cannot — do.
Procedure taughtWalk the real "Loss or theft" flow from the client sheet: at-rest encryption, auto-reboot, then self-hosted Find My Device (locate / wipe "best-effort").
Open the drillVerify a delivered device
How do you know the phone you received is exactly the one described? Trust is verified, not bought. Walk the checks — each is reproducible by you.
Procedure taughtVerify a received device is the one onsecret prepared: re-locked bootloader, GrapheneOS attestation, expected apps, matching client sheet.
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