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Feds in Catalonia, Spain think everyone using a Google Pixel must be a drug dealer (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 23 hours ago by icegladiator@lemy.lol to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Grapheneos also has options to just disable data over the USB port when its locked. Or disable it outright.

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 23 points 19 hours ago

Yep, disabling it entirely allows for charging when the device is off, but otherwise, it is functionally useless and is disabled at the hardware level.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 4 points 18 hours ago

Ooh nice.

[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 hours ago

LineageOS also has this feature.