Not having a passport is a big issue that will take a lot of hassle to deal with. Probably a generational thing but losing my passport feels like a much bigger deal than my phone if I've taken reasonable precautions. In fact, my iPhone broke 4 or 5 years ago on a trip and I was fine.
Jesus Mouse once told me about how he'd smuggled LSD into Europe by cutting blotter paper up into little colored pieces of paper and gluing them all over his scepter as decoration, and nobody in customs or airport security was remotely suspicious about it.
What do you mean?