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Cops in [Spain] think everyone using a Google Pixel must be a drug dealer
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#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
They can use alternative AppStore’s now, but that isn’t sideloading. It still is a centralized place to track/attack/control what I can do. Which would be a problem for someone doing something illegal in that same jurisdiction.
Also, if I was doing something illegal, the other controls Apple has over iOS would make me reconsider using it, even with the ‘other AppStores’.
At least if I’m flashing my own OS, and installing things directly and locally, I can think I’m bypassing most factory level spyware and without centralized monitoring. In theory at least.
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#53Re: Cops in [Spain] think everyone using a Google Pixel must be a drug dealer
#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
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?
I guess that's a question of whether you like the musician or the music. In the arc of the song, the boyfriend clearly developed good taste.
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#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
Then the title is wrong and should mention that “A Catalan policeman says that…”.
Mossos aren't policemen.
Mossos are the Police of Catalonia modulo borders, counterterrorism and higher duties which are dealt by the Guardia Civil (akin to Gendarmerie).
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#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
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?
Sometimes 400 officers: https://www.catalannews.com/society-science/item/drug-arms-t...
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#57The 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 tried, but the Europeans Mafias know that if the violence hits the fan and craps out civilians (non-gang related members), these would be crushed down in miliseconds.
The CNI is no joke and it has -ahem- nonstandard methods to deal with these scum. Spain has grown a huge counterterrorism wisdom over decades.
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#58If 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
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#59One 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.
this comment seems to indicate a tip of the iceburg situation in law enforcement-at-scale versus crime-at-scale! human (and tech) evolution demand innovations, yet self-motivated predatory peoples also can be quick to benefit and adapt new tech. lots of quick corollaries available from this..