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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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[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 67 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (2 children)

The police: 'We've encountered a difficulty with our paid spying software. Welp it must be just the criminals.'

Edit: Missed the R and hit the T on our.

[–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 16 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

pretty much. The original article says that if they have a pixel they have to ask for a warrant

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

This implies searching other phones don't require warrants?

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Yes. Yes it does.

Or more accurately, they can't search your phone without you knowing with GrapheneOS, so they have to get a judge to force you to willing unlock it.

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

So they follow the laws only on GrapheneOS users. Iirc other up to date phones are also hard to crack especially if it's on first unlock

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

I don't really know. I operate under the assumption that my phone is always a piece of spyware and minimize what's actually on it or what it can hear.

[–] bathing_in_bismuth@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Without? Even with paid spying software is hard, as far as data forensics go. Going with Pegasus and the likes, you never know, just reboot every 2 hours if you don't mind the hassle.

[–] Redex68@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure they just misspelled our as out

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Technically I didn't misspell. This is me missing the correct key.