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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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[–] TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

I was very confused why I could read this without knowing what language it was lol. Catalan is interesting

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

It’s been influenced by both spanish and french cultural erasure to the point modern catalan is quite similar and readable to people who speak Spanish or French. (Though still quite a distinct language).