A police spokesperson from one Spanish region told that they suspect of people carrying google pixel phones because they are commonly used by drug dealers with GOS installed. It was made more as a comment than as a serious threat.
I have heard nothing about any actual confiscation based on phone OS being made.
In fact, I remembered incorrectly, the Pixel phones that were seized were put in packages that prevented data from being deleted remotely.
Spanish police are allowed to hack phones to counter illegal activities
In the particular technological war between drug traffickers and the police, an important element has recently come into play: Trojans. With judicial authorization, the police infect traffickers’ phones and thus gain access to most of the applications, images, and documents on a device
Oh of course it’s not because you carried a Pixel, but when your Pixel showed up on the tower, we started sniffing your shit and the people you associate are quite unsavory persons so we’re going to audit you and maybe if find some illegal drugs or porn near something you own, you’re going to spend some quality time in out concrete buildings until we come to some arrangement. We will have an offer you CANNOT refuse for you.
Statists speak only one language and it comes out of a 155 millimeter mouth.
Headline is not true.
A police spokesperson from one Spanish region told that they suspect of people carrying google pixel phones because they are commonly used by drug dealers with GOS installed. It was made more as a comment than as a serious threat.
I have heard nothing about any actual confiscation based on phone OS being made.
All this comes from one quote
https://en.ara.cat/society/technological-warfare-the-drug-traffickers-motive-against-the-police-s-trojan-horses_1_5398821.html
There’s a paywall that can be removed with the element zapper of uBlock
I mean, as long as they don’t have evidence, the cops can think what they want, right?
I could be a serial killer. I am not, but… I could be!
In fact, I remembered incorrectly, the Pixel phones that were seized were put in packages that prevented data from being deleted remotely.
Spanish police are allowed to hack phones to counter illegal activities
In the particular technological war between drug traffickers and the police, an important element has recently come into play: Trojans. With judicial authorization, the police infect traffickers’ phones and thus gain access to most of the applications, images, and documents on a device
https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.ara.cat%2Fsociety%2Ftechnological-warfare-the-drug-traffickers-motive-against-the-police-s-trojan-horses_1_5398821.html
Oh of course it’s not because you carried a Pixel, but when your Pixel showed up on the tower, we started sniffing your shit and the people you associate are quite unsavory persons so we’re going to audit you and maybe if find some illegal drugs or porn near something you own, you’re going to spend some quality time in out concrete buildings until we come to some arrangement. We will have an offer you CANNOT refuse for you.
Statists speak only one language and it comes out of a 155 millimeter mouth.