[cynwoody]

Asking the law enforcement types here - if true, is this SOP?

It's a lesson.

If you own a smartphone, and you record something important, do not surrender your device to the government voluntarily.

Instead, upload your evidence through a VPN to multiple venues on the internet and let the feds and everybody else find it there.

[Oatka]

Instead, upload your evidence through a VPN to multiple venues on the internet and let the feds and everybody else find it there.

Good advice. Hope I never have to use it.