nosianu 2 days ago

"Cops in this country think everyone using a Google Pixel must be a drug dealer" (because of GrapheneOS)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44473694

https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/114784469162979608

> European authoritarians and their enablers in the media are misrepresenting GrapheneOS and even Pixel phones as if they're something for criminals. GrapheneOS is opposed to the mass surveillance police state these people want to impose on everyone.

Aachen a day ago

I see it more as an extra reason to use it:

- If only criminals want privacy, privacy becomes suspicious

- If more people use an open OS, it's more profitable for commercial entities to not put in extra effort to block these devices due to the FUD going around about them being insecure

So if someone suggests that using open source software is increasingly being seen as suspicious, the #1 thing to do is start using it