Although I dislike recall as much as anyone else, this is quite a bit worse.

From the article:

Then came the more unsettling features. The phone silently captured a screenshot every five minutes, storing the images in a hidden folder that users couldn’t access. According to the BBC, authorities could later review these images to monitor the user’s activity.

Ah that was my guess

Why?

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AFAIK The Basque country’s language has no connection to the romance languages, I don’t think it fits what OP is looking for