GrapheneOS is currently under a state sponsored attack attempting to misrepresent it as being for criminals, which we covered a bit at https://x.com/GrapheneOS/status/1940440326830989549. These poorly researched, biased and inaccurate news stories have led to more harassment towards our community and team.
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75 sats \ 4 replies \ @optimism 16h
Apparently Mossos d'Esquadra? Does anyone local know more? What's going on?
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129 sats \ 1 reply \ @final 15h
People employed at these organisations have been going to news organisations claiming that when they see a Pixel phone, they think it's a drug dealer (insane and ludicrous hyperbole) and that it is apparently our fault.
Since then, numerous news sites in different languages have been posting that, mainly repurposing the same talking points. It's just a news campaign trying to claim we are enablers of illicit activities.
In a swing of irony, here's an article from Citizen Lab on how the same Spanish government used exploits against political opponents in Catalonia:
https://citizenlab.ca/2022/04/catalangate-extensive-mercenary-spyware-operation-against-catalans-using-pegasus-candiru/
Bear in mind that even police using these will almost entirely be using them against people not convicted of a crime based on suspicion. GrapheneOS would have been more likely to protect them.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 14h
OK... I'm not a drug dealer so next time I'm in Barcelona let's see what they have up their sleeve.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @HighOfLot 4h outlawed
stackers have outlawed this. turn on wild west mode in your /settings to see outlawed content.
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @HighOfLot 11h outlawed
stackers have outlawed this. turn on wild west mode in your /settings to see outlawed content.
126 sats \ 5 replies \ @kepford 15h
The more people that use things that the state tries to make out to be criminal the harder their task. Normalizing privacy software by using it is way too underrated.
There is massive value in more people using GrapheneOS that don't really need it. At least in their minds. Same goes for things like VPNs, Tor, Signal, and of course bitcoin.
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74 sats \ 4 replies \ @Car OP 14h
Citadel is looking like its the only future for bitcoiners.
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145 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 14h
I don't think its too late. Not even close. I can see privacy tech taking off. Why?
I'm aware of a YouTuber called PewDiePie. Never seen any of his content but he is apparently influential. I don't know the whole story but he recently switched to Linux, is selfhosting Nextcloud and using GrapheneOS. He has influenced many people to consider these tools. We don't know the long term effects of this but this is my point.
If the masses shift even 10% towards a tech that is not known by most people it suddenly begins to be normalized. The script can get flipped real quick. And if people start getting persecuted for using tech but not actually doing anything wrong that will backfire on the state.
I'm so far away from being hopeless on this front.
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50 sats \ 0 replies \ @elvismercury 4h
This was inspiring to read. Good to remember that for many things, it's not nearly as hopeless as it seems. It doesn't take that much to make an impact, one domino topples another.
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164 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 14h
I think we need to have an adversarial mindset. We have to think like criminals. And I mean state actors as that is how I view them. We have to be hardened and prepared.
The problem I see is not nearly enough people have a firm foundation based in anything. We have our faith and the traditions that have been passed down to us.
More and more I think the core problems around us have been caused by a retreat of the church and people of faith from culture. It's on us. The moral decay around us is the absense of the light of the Gospel. We need to stop being ashamed of our heritage and the truth. The world is getting darker because our lights have grown dim.
We have to return to the way of Jesus and have boldness no matter what happens. I'm not trying to preach to everyone. Mostly myself.
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5 sats \ 0 replies \ @028559d218 8h
This isn't about religion dude.
Plenty of people, to include agnostic ones, want privacy and privacy-tools as tools of healthy and better citizenship.
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42 sats \ 2 replies \ @bitcoingecko 12h
I didn't know about grapheneos until now and I have a pixel phone. Will try it out one of these days!
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @megaptera 10h
do it. Its so much better without all the tracking and bloatware
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Luxas 7h
Criminal! /s
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nikotsla 13h
Spain is a shitshow if you follow the news or listen to politics, hope the best for the people there.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nitter 17h bot
https://xcancel.com/GrapheneOS/status/1942241166247772385
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