In Medellín, I had the bad experience of having my cell phone stolen in the subway. My cell phone was password-protected (indispensable!), making the risk of further inconvenience quite low. But since I have most of my life on my phone, I still took a number of steps to protect my sensitive data as much as possible, here’s what I did. Locking / Erasing my phone remotely Most smartphones now have a feature that allows you to lock or even delete your phone remotely If you have an Android phone, you have to go here: https: //myaccount.google.com/find-your-phone If you have an iPhone, go here: https: //www.icloud.com/applications/find/ For this to work,…

When you travel in the classic way, you usually have a return ticket. When we travel around the world or adopt a nomadic life like ours, it is less obvious and we regularly enter a country without knowing what our next step will be. Some countries, however, require proof of exit in order to allow us to enter their territory. More precisely, they delegate this task to the airlines when checking in at the airport. They can do this with a certain zeal since in case of a problem, the “expulsion” of the traveler will be at their expense. In Hong Kong, the employee had even chased us because she…