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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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[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Yes, but customs can still compel you to unlock your phone as we have recently seen with the Norweigan tourist who was denied entry due to having a JD Vance meme on his phone.

I would recommend having a separate phone with non-important data on it to take with you to the US, or have a self hosted cloud service that you can backup your data to before wiping your device.

You essentially don't have rights at the border (or in general with the current US government).

[–] realitista@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

How can they compel me?

[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Threatening to detain you indefinitely (your rights aren't the same at the border/customs as they are after entering the country), or just outright deny you entry.

[–] realitista@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I heard they can't actually hold you more than a couple days if you are a citizen./?

[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 hours ago

That's after you go through customs. AFAIK, that doesn't apply to people coming into the country.

Although this administration holds people more than 48 hours regardless.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

You either unlock it or we send you back.

[–] realitista@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Can they really deport a US citizen?

[–] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 6 hours ago

Are they allowed to? Absolutely not. But... who is stopping them?

[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

can != will

...the current regime will continue doing whatever the f*ck they want as long as nobody stops them...