Cops in this country think everyone using a Google Pixel must be a drug dealer (Updated)
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Pixel phones are criminals' top pick in Spain's Catalonia for their strong security and mod-friendly design.

TLDR: Drug dealers in Catalonia have started to adopt GrapheneOS en masse leading to Catalan police suspecting anyone with a Google Pixel is a drug dealer

    • Zetta@mander.xyzEnglish
      16·
      6 hours ago

      True, with the intention of installing Graphene OS on it. No other options.

      • interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.mlEnglish
        23·
        2 hours ago

        Strange that google is the only option for the only “secure” operating system.
        Hey, do you know what is Ring Level minus One ?

        • Mike@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          24 minutes ago

          Strange that google is the only option for the only “secure” operating system.

          The have their reasons: https://grapheneos.org/faq#future-devices

          Hey, do you know what is Ring Level minus One ?

          I know you’re only trolling here and I’m feeding into it, but you nerd sniped me just right to explain why your question is stupid on multiple fronts.

          First of all, “Ring -1” is the hypervisor, at least on virtualization-capable devices (which modern Pixels are), and the hypervisor will be Linux’s KVM in this case, which is open source and compiled by the Graphene team as part of the kernel from source.

          Secondly, Arm (which is the architecture basically all phone chips use, including Pixels) has a slightly different model of security, where apps are Exception Level 0, the OS is EL1, the hypervisor is EL2, and the “secure monitor” (or management firmware) is EL3 (and is probably what you were trying to refer to).

          So yeah, I don’t think you know what “Ring -1” is. At least not enough to warrant a snarky comment.