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- Pixel phones are apparently the phone of choice for criminals, drug dealers, and gang members in Spain’s Catalonia.
- Police say every time they spot someone with a Pixel, they think they must be a drug dealer.
- The popularity of Pixels among the wrong crowd has little to do with Google phones and everything to do with Android’s open nature.
Update, July 3, 2025 (11:45 AM ET): The crew behind GrapheneOS is understandably none too pleased about their good name being dragged through the mud, and members are speaking out about these reports from Spain. Over on X, the official GrapheneOS account posts: