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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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[–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 18 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

This implies searching other phones don't require warrants?

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago (1 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.

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 58 minutes ago (1 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

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 points 49 minutes ago

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.