Should have put Hannah Montana Linux on their phone instead. SMH my head
Shaking my head my head?
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(I live in Spain and use GrapheneOS BTW). How would police even know it’s GrapheneOS? Shit, why would they be looking at my pone in the first place? The only possible situation is: you were arrested for something, as part of investigation they have a warrant to access your phone, they try to unlock it with common tools, they fail, they realize it’s GrapheneOS.
Or, scenario 2: they are in a shady neighborhood, they see a guy with a Pixel phone (you can tell because of the camera bar) and they think “that’s a strange choice for an unemployed dude sitting in bar whole day” and they assume he’s dealing and, I don’t know, make a mental note about it.
This is the second time I’ve come across this story.
If you look closely, random people are not being taken aside for being seen with a Pixel as the headline would have you believe.
What is true is that Graphene OS on a Pixel is a popular, easy setup that can’t be cracked open with Cellebrite et al., and that makes the piggies very sad. Methinks someone wants readers to fear using Graphene OS.
Where can I find these hacktools ? I have a whole damn bunch of android 9 phones I can’t root because their bootloaders are non-unlockable and that pisses me off.
Back in my day, hackers would just publish that shit in 2600 zine, now they’re all corporate sellouts selling on 0day to the fucking fed.
Grapheneos is only installable on unlocked phones. Specifically pixels. There is a complete list on their site
HEY GUYS, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS TOTALLY UNTRUE BULLSHIT I JUST MADE UP AND CAN’T PROVIDE A SOURCE FOR?
The title is inaccurate but not far off.
• Cops in this country think everyone using a Google Pixel must be a drug dealer (Updated)
“Police in Spain, specifically in the autonomous region of Catalonia, are very alert when they spot someone using a Google Pixel phone. As weird as it sounds, Pixels are highly preferred by those involved in organized crime, according to the Catalan police.”
