Feds in Catalonia, Spain now assume that anyone with a Google Pixel is a drug dealer because they have begun to adopt them en masse and apparently digital forensics teams have an extremely hard time getting useful info from the GrapheneOS phones
https://archive.ph/Fxcgu

Cataluña is not a country

as the headline states, its not a pixel problem, its a android/linux thing.

when people deal with drugs on the dark web they use tor on linux or a usb based distro. to remove all evidence is just throwing away the usb or pressing a button combo.

>>105898400 (OP)
Catalans are retards?

>>105898400 (OP)
If only they keep 3.5 mm headphone jack around. Too bad

>>105898430
dealers have to be able to communicate with contacts 24/7 and having a device where you can take photos and videos of product and directly send from that same device is very useful and convenient so there's always been a desire for secure phones (see: anom)

>>105898458
it also helps that its easy to import stuff from android to android. with iphone it usually involved connecting to a computer or some sort of cloud.

>>105898484
i dont get how the dealers that i know that use telegram arent busted yet considering they literally work with LE

>>105898490
only a matter a time I guess. these drug bust operations are slow because they work in conjunction with other law enforcement from other countries. its one huge bottleneck.

>>105898400 (OP)
>digital forensics teams have an extremely hard time getting useful info from the GrapheneOS phones
good, as it should be.

Some dwarves are fuming in this thread, not understanding that Pixel and GrapheneOS are valid. Get involved with the drug trade.

>>105898585
How long have you been using GrapheneOS for? I've been wanting to get it for awhile.

>>105898406
Spain is not Madrid.

>>105898406
>>105898798
whether or not catalonia is a part of spain doesnt really mean much when old people get beat by migrants and upload it online and police do nothing

>>105898832
Old people are useless to society and vote Conservative.

>>105898400 (OP)
So if I buy a pixel phone I can expect to be hassled by the police. No thanks.

>>105898877
i hope you never shill for voxcucks who stir up rallies and then say stuff like "we can never use force! we are better than them!"

>>105898878
if you buy android phones in general*
its easier to single out pixel since google makes phone & os

>>105898973
no, it would be easier to single out samsung

>>105899020
samsung has knox. they are glowie compliant.

>>105898789
For only six years. Orbot and Briar are the most important apps I use. I should uninstall most apps instead, preventing any future issues.

>>105898930
Muerte a Vox.

>>105899307
Do you ever use the chat via bluetooth feature that Briar has? How far is the range for it?

>>105899079
So's Google, aren't they? You need a warrant for it though.

Apple talks about their security but they have a backdoor for glowies.

>>105899331
In between the 10-20 meter range I assume, unless you form a chain with other users for it to travel farther. I haven't used it much. Meshtatstic, BitChat, and Wi-Fi HaLow could be used for longer distances when it comes to decentralized, off-grid communication.

>>105898585
>Monero wallet
based drug dealer

But are the drug dealers using post EOL pixels. I am curious whether the Graphene fags who say your phone is a liability the second it stops receiving security updates are more or less paranoid than drug dealers.

>>105898400 (OP)
One day I'm sure I'll get a police interview just for not owning a phone at all.

>>105901225
a used pixel 8 costs like 200 bucks and it still has 5 years to go, come on man

>>105901334
imagine getting arrested for failing to surrender your cell phone when you actually don't have one

>>105901440
350 preowned in Europestan. I am poor and own a 7.

>>105902211
just saw a 7a for 150 euros
that one has 3 years ahead of it
if you're a drug dealer you will recuperate the losses in a span of few hours

>>105902271
It makes far more sense to wait until my 7 is EOL and then upgrade.
>if you're a drug dealer you will recuperate the losses in a span of few hours
It isn't about money. I hate throwing away old stuff that works. The Graphenefags who say you shouldn't even use your EOL stuff as a backup phone are crazy.

>>105898400 (OP)
Good to hear that GrapheneOS is doing it's job. I currently only use it for a pixel tablet, using a dumb phone as a regular phone.

>>105902647
they are crazy but they're correct on their own terms, it's not like they brick your phone after it goes EOL

>>105898400 (OP)
>asspain
>jeetdroid
3rd world problems

>>105898400 (OP)
this is a madeup paranoia by our police, before was eta terrorism saying that they were cyphering sms and shit, so they needed to makes us have our id attached to our phone numbers, when in reality they used plain sms with stolen numbers

>>105898400 (OP)
cool Apple ad bro

>>105898400 (OP)
They should just use iPhones with whatsapp.

These drug dealers keep getting suckered into niche devices and apps.

>>105898930
Volt is the only sane party.

>>105900104
he's gonna get his door busted in for connecting to a malicious node

i know schizos here will never believe this, but Pixels have the most secure hardware/firmware on the market. GrapheneOS strips out the userspace Google cancer and still uses most of the security features.

>>105904984
My phone is secure, I don't connect it to the internet

>>105906015
sounds pretty useless as well

>>105898400 (OP)
Oy gevalt, yes, we must ban these harmful, dangerous operating systems! A device that doesn't snitch on its owner can't be trusted. Only (((authorized companies))) should be allowed to release an operating system...

>>105906154
reported for antisemitism