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Comment by skybrian

7 months ago

The headline is exaggerated to make the cops sound like idiots. If they suspect someone might be a drug dealer (fair - it's a clue), that's very different from thinking they "must" be a drug dealer.

Your characterization is under-exaggerated to make this problem sound normal. It's not.

> Every time we see a Google Pixel, we suspect it might belong to a drug dealer

Being a Pixel or GrapheneOS user should never be a "clue" of criminality. It should never result in police detaining you or rummaging through your phone. Any police that acts in this way is indeed an "idiot."

  • It would be if they did that, and maybe they do, but the article doesn't say they do that. You've added your own assumption.

    • Of course they do. What else do you think they're going to do? Keep their "suspicions" to themselves?

      > Every time we see a Google Pixel, we suspect it might belong to a drug dealer

      This means something, you know.

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