I’m wondering at what point if any would I give up when it comes to privacy, obviously I’ve been overseas from australia (which is bad in itself for internet surveillance) but at least here our laws in terms of discrimination and rights are good in comparison to say, china or the uae.

should it be reasonable for me to bring a different phone or try to remove any or all personal/identifiable information from my current one beforehand?

Is it also reasonable for me to pay for more private cloud storage or would it be completely useless? if so, are there any options you would recommend?

Or maybe I am freaking out? I managed to visit the UAE and didn’t even think about privacy, and nothing bad seemed to happen.