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Feds in Catalonia, Spain think everyone using a Google Pixel must be a drug dealer (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 1 year ago by 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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[–] 44 points 1 year ago (18 children)

Doesn't a Google Pixel device come with its own OS image by default, independent of Graphene OS? Is there some kind of step that we're missing here?

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    It does, but a lot of people but the pixels specifically to put graphene on it because graphene they're compatible and graphene offers better privacy and security. What I'm getting here is drug dealers are using graphene to dodge digital narcs and it's becoming common enough that the Venn diagram skews heavily to drug dealing.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    a lot

    0.1% up to 2% absolute max?

    Some data (250k people installing updates)

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  • [+] -13 points 1 year ago (12 children)

    You can buy them with either stock Android, or Graphene. Meaning you don't need to re flash the device or anything.

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  • [–] 52 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    You cant buy grapheneos preloaded on anything and doing so would be pretty foolish since it could be backdoored. GraphenOS is aimed at people who value security and privacy, you dont let some rando flash your phone if you value those things.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago* (9 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.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (4 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.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago* (2 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/

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  • [+] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    Yeah I'd consider that as a used phone. I'd only get the hardware from the OEM and install GrapheneOS myself. Less chance of man in the middle. It's super easy to install using the web installer.

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