# Backup phone for travel--suggestions **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Tags:** vacation-travel\ **Created:** [May 6, 2025, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backup-phone-for-travel-suggestions/1017940 "2025-05-06T02:22:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 32
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backup-phone-for-travel-suggestions/1017940/32 "2025-05-08T18:54:42Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I thought I’d posted this here, but don’t see it. Maybe i posted in the wrong thread? Not wrong, but you’re probably thinking of the similarly themed but somewhat different emphasis concurrent thread: > [@"Locking down your device when crossing borders" (AP article)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locking-down-your-device-when-crossing-borders-ap-article/1017868/50): > > Actually, I’m not sure this works. If i log into my Google account, i think Google Play will default to reloading all of my apps, and even if i uninstall some of them, they’ll still be in my profile. And some of them will automatically log in. And if i don’t log into my Google account, i don’t have my address book. And I’m actually going to need a lot of addresses. And yes, you can tell Google what apps to copy over to the backup phone and what to sync, and if something does get downloaded you didn’t intend to, you can uninstall it as others have already pointed out, or create a “burner” gmail account if you’re extra worried (back to the other thread). This was comedy gold, thank you, I needed that. > [@Reply](#): > > Edit: It’s always weird when Reply and echoreply start, well, replying and echoing each other, heh. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backup-phone-for-travel-suggestions/1017940)._