2d ago

Feds in Catalonia, Spain think everyone using a Google Pixel must be a drug dealer

www.androidauthority.com Cops in this country think everyone using a Google Pixel must be a drug dealer (Updated)

Pixel phones are criminals' top pick in Spain's Catalonia for their strong security and mod-friendly design.

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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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.
- pretty much. The original article says that if they have a pixel they have to ask for a warrant
  
  This implies searching other phones don't require warrants?
  
  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.
  
  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
  
  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.
  
  You are a smart person. We need more people like you.
- 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.
  
  I'm pretty sure they just misspelled our as out
  
  Technically I didn't misspell. This is me missing the correct key.

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