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Cops in [Spain] think everyone using a Google Pixel must be a drug dealer
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#32One 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
Isn't it the justice system enforcing La Liga's bullshit? I don't think the police is involved in this.
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#34If they're wearing a Casio F91W, then they're a terrorist AND a drug dealer! Many years ago: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-13194733
For Gen-Zers, that's the watch everyone's dad and older millenials used to wear everywhere in the world.
my 11 year old daughter has one too. And she asked for it.
I think that was because of Shakira's song against her ex.
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#35One 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.
A less than random cop but still anecdata of one. Maybe an RCT of Spanish police attitudes towards crime-associated tech brands would be more convincing of a thesis broader than “one journalist heard one cop.”
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Latest highest end model. The "a" model are more in the 550€ area and still have super decent camera, especially if you aren't a selphie addict.
Being the models with the longest firmware support, it is not uncommon for people to buy them second hand at around 300€. I bought my Pixel 6a last year for around 200€.
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#37Re: Cops in [Spain] think everyone using a Google Pixel must be a drug dealer
#38One random cop makes one ignorant statement and now all "cops in Spain" think something.
I think he just made a self-aware observation: noticing a trait being unusually common among criminals he investigates makes him subconsciously associate it with crime even in the general population. Then somebody decided to translate "puede ser" as "must be" and put it in the headline to bait Pixel owners, and now the self-aware cop just looks ignorant instead.
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#39In other words, drug dealers are privacy-conscious and the Google Pixel is one of the strongest hardware platforms for privacy-aware configurations.
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#40In other words, drug dealers are privacy-conscious and the Google Pixel is one of the strongest hardware platforms for privacy-aware configurations.
> GrapheneOS boasts particularly secure and well-executed full disk and metadata encryption, a security feature
So, the default iPhone experience?