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Cops in [Spain] think everyone using a Google Pixel must be a drug dealer

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Re: Cops in [Spain] think everyone using a Google Pixel must be a drug dealer

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Post by torben-friis »

zczc wrote: post #7

The primary source seems to be https://en.ara.cat/society/technological-warfare-the-drug-tr... (autotranslated from Catalan)

Both the translation and the original news are like one paragraph long with 0 context or source.

It’s also quite ridiculous, I’m from Madrid and pixels seem to be the phone of choice for most of my (non tech) friends.

Pixels used to be quite unknown, as most people go for budget Chinese brands, now they’re getting popular. “Get an iPhone-level camera for 300 bucks” is a massive selling point.

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Post by k4rli »

torben-friis wrote: post #11
zczc wrote: post #7

The primary source seems to be https://en.ara.cat/society/technological-warfare-the-drug-tr... (autotranslated from Catalan)

Both the translation and the original news are like one paragraph long with 0 context or source. It’s also quite ridiculous, I’m from Madrid and pixels seem to be the phone of choice for most of my (non tech) friends. Pixels used to be quite unknown, as most people go for budget Chinese brands, now they’re getting popular. “Get an iPhone-level camera for 300 bucks” is a massive selling point.

Latest Pixels are nearly 1k EUR though. Slightly too expensive but still a top pick for me.

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Post by elnatro »

ysofunny wrote: post #4
15155 wrote: post #2

One random cop makes one ignorant statement and now all "cops in Spain" think something.

the police in spain act like anybody using cloudflare is pirating something, so it kinda checks out

ClodFlare does not want to comply with court rulings. Not in Spain, nor in France.

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Post by elnatro »

zczc wrote: post #7

The primary source seems to be https://en.ara.cat/society/technological-warfare-the-drug-tr... (autotranslated from Catalan)

Ara is a pro-secessionist diary so take their news about the national police in Spain with a pinch of salt.

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Post by munchler »

15155 wrote: post #2

One random cop makes one ignorant statement and now all "cops in Spain" think something.

> “Every time we see a Google Pixel, we suspect it might belong to a drug dealer,” said a police official leading the anti-drug operation in Catalonia

Not a random cop, but the leader of an entire operation.

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Post by dofubej »

elnatro wrote: post #15
zczc wrote: post #7

The primary source seems to be https://en.ara.cat/society/technological-warfare-the-drug-tr... (autotranslated from Catalan)

Ara is a pro-secessionist diary so take their news about the national police in Spain with a pinch of salt.

That’s the Mossos, not the national police of Spain.
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