Introduction: How to create a BAMF phone
As a refugee whenyou first arrive in Germany, the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) will demand you hand over your phone for making copies of the data stored on it. Their main interest is in mining your phones data to determine your travel history. They might make use of data like country codes, geolocational data, languages used, phone numbers stored etc. Not everybody might feel comfortable with this. So this instructable shows how to create a shareable BAMF phone to present at the German authority for you or a person who needs it.
Step 1: Get a Cheap Phone That Has Never Left Germany
Get a cheap phone that has never left Germany and insert a fresh German SIM card (you might have to bring a friend with ID).
Step 2: Create a Simple Backstory for Phone
Questions will be asked like why there are no geolocational data outside Germany on your phone. So you might want to tell them that you lost your original phone and got the BAMF phone from your support group.
Step 3: Equip the Phone With ‘harmless’ Apps
Equip the phone with ‘harmless’ apps etc. (games, maps, dictionary, weather, WhatsApp)
Step 4: Add Contacts
Add some generic phone numbers (asylum lawyer, support groups, doctor…) and a few credible numbers
Step 5: Use It and Share It!
