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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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[–] 20 points 1 year ago (6 children)

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

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    This implies searching other phones don't require warrants?

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (4 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.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 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

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

    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.

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