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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 munchler »

adolph wrote: post #35
munchler wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> “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.”

You do understand that he speaks for a number of cops at once, not just himself, right?

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Post by SoftTalker »

bapak wrote: post #40
Mr-Frog wrote: post #39

In 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?

Yeah I would have guessed it was more the easy availability of cheap android burner phones than Google Pixel specifically.

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

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Post by lazide »

Mr-Frog wrote: post #39

In other words, drug dealers are privacy-conscious and the Google Pixel is one of the strongest hardware platforms for privacy-aware configurations.

Maybe they can also sideload custom apps that would never pass App Store review?

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

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Post by throw123xz »

elnatro wrote: post #13
ysofunny wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Which court rulings in Spain Cloudflare doesn't want to comply with?

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

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Post by croisillon »

prmoustache wrote: post #34
anthk wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

  I'm worth two 22-year-olds

  You traded in a Ferrari for a Twingo

  You traded in a Rolex for a Casio
if anything your daughter should wear a Rolex?

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

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Post by lupusreal »

metalman wrote: post #30

The police in Spain can thank there lucky stars that they are not dealing with the drug gangs in Mexico and South America, where they are flying militerised drones, and are trying to build narco drone subs with starlink https://maritime-executive.com/article/colombian-navy-captur...

They have been, at least a little. They've captured narco subs crossing the Atlantic, including to Spain specifically. The cartels must have trusted associates in Europe to receive these shipments, and that probably means violent enforcers of the cartels in Europe. With unmanned narco subs making longer voyages simpler, this is likely to become an even bigger problem.

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

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Post by bapak »

lazide wrote: post #43
Mr-Frog wrote: post #39

In other words, drug dealers are privacy-conscious and the Google Pixel is one of the strongest hardware platforms for privacy-aware configurations.

Maybe they can also sideload custom apps that would never pass App Store review?

Being in Europe, I think that's not an issue for iOS anymore.

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prmoustache wrote: post #34
anthk wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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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