▲ 794 ▼ Feds in Catalonia, Spain think everyone using a Google Pixel must be a drug dealer (www.androidauthority.com) submitted 1 year ago by icegladiator@lemy.lol to c/technology@lemmy.world 153 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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
[–] PoisonTheWell@reddthat.com 10 points 1 year ago (2 children) Why would they need a "sign of innocence"? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] arc99@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) This is not hard to understand. Having a phone installed with an OS favoured by criminals doesn't exculpate a person arrested for criminal activity, or make the cops think they're innocent. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago Sure, but it's also not evidence of wrongdoing. What phone you choose or what OS you run on it isn't evidence of anything. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] arc99@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) This is not hard to understand. Having a phone installed with an OS favoured by criminals doesn't exculpate a person arrested for criminal activity, or make the cops think they're innocent. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago Sure, but it's also not evidence of wrongdoing. What phone you choose or what OS you run on it isn't evidence of anything. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago Sure, but it's also not evidence of wrongdoing. What phone you choose or what OS you run on it isn't evidence of anything. permalink fedilink source parent