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Feds in Catalonia, Spain think everyone using a Google Pixel must be a drug dealer (www.androidauthority.com)
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TLDR: Drug dealers in Catalonia have started to adopt GrapheneOS en masse leading to Catalan police suspecting anyone with a Google Pixel is a drug dealer

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[–] SirMaple__@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I think this is incorrect but I could be wrong.

You can not buy a Pixel device preloaded with GrapheneOS. They only come from Google with their standard Android and it's up to the end user to install GrapheneOS. Unless you buy a used Pixel device with GrapheneOS already installed.

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If friends asked I would flash their pixel with Graphene, then set it up basically as they would use it for them.

Getting started was complex, your average user won't have a good experience getting their apps added without a power user helping.

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I would like to install it someday but I'm afraid of this process

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Its really not too complicated. Id recommend doing it using a other phone as the installer rather than a PC though, just goes smoother IMO. Very straightforward web installer, just push buttons alongside the instructions.

https://grapheneos.org/install/

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

What's the complex part?

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 hours ago

Technically if something goes wrong you will need help and need to find answers on your own. If you are confident using duckduckgo searches to find answers for technical problems already you should be fine, and most likely won't even need support at all.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works -4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hmm, you used to be able to buy them directly from Google, but that doesn't seem to be the case any more.

[–] IllNess@infosec.pub 12 points 1 day ago

Umm... I don't think that's right. I don't think you could ever buy a phone from Google with GrapheneOS.