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Feds in Catalonia, Spain think everyone using a Google Pixel must be a drug dealer
(www.androidauthority.com)
this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2025
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Basically, if you don't have a phone the cops can easily backdoor, you must be a criminal.
"What do you have to hide?" taken to it's logical conclusion.
... and if it's an obscenely expensive one.
Normal people either can't afford these devices or don't have time for all the hassle of installing and using a rare operating system on a phone.
You can buy a Pixel with Graphene already installed, and they're by no means obscenely expensive.
Now THAT is something I wouldn't ever trust.
LET ME HANDLE YOUR PRIVACY FOR YOU MY GOOD SIR!
Supply chain attacks? Never heard of 'em. /s
I get the instinct but that is why GrapheneOS only runs on Pixels. Pixels have hardware needed to verify you are running the genuine GrapheneOS. Still safer and cheaper to buy stock and spend 10 mins installing Graphene of course.