Tag: Purism
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The Evolution of Smartphone Security
Purism Blog – 8.7.24 When smartphones first emerged in the early 2000s, the attack surface was relatively small. Devices were primarily used for Personal Information Management (PIM) such as calls, texts, email, calendaring, and basic internet browsing. Source: The Evolution of Smartphone Security – Purism
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Purpose-Built Smartphones for Government vs. Commercial Off-The-Shelf Devices
Purism Blog – 7.19.24 The rise of the smartphone as both an indispensable consumer electronic device and an omnipresent tool for performing tasks at work has led to an inevitable question: Should enterprise and government centralized IT organizations deploy Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) devices such as the iPhone, Google Pixel, Samsung Galaxy and attempt to secure…
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Missing from Privacy Legislation- The Abolishment of Surveillance Capitalism (Predatory & Harmful Surveillance Business Practices)!
Purism Blog – 2.7.24 Surveillance capitalism is predatory data mining typically via addictive and harmful sites and applications with social validation feedback loops/intermittent variable rewards along with manipulative targeted advertising based on one’s personal identity and gathered preferences. Source: Missing from Privacy Legislation- The Abolishment of Surveillance Capitalism (Predatory & Harmful Surveillance Business Practices)! –…
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Purism Liberty Phone to be Featured in Orpheum Films Collaboration
Purism Blog – 1.23.24 Purism and Orpheum Films are pleased to announce their collaboration on the upcoming feature film ‘Legionario‘ in development. The main character, played by Sebastian Eslava, has the story’s inciting event occur with an impactful call on his Liberty Phone, which gets the story underway. After release the audience will also be able to spot a Librem 14 laptop…
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Desktop Apps on the Lapdock
Purism Blog – 3.15.23 The Librem 5 and Librem 5 USA is our pocket-sized computer running nearly the exact software as our Librem 14 Laptop. Some desktop applications don’t yet adapt to the Librem 5 screen, but with a Lapdock Kit you can run a full suite of desktop applications like on the Librem 14. Let’s look at some of the full-sized…
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New Librem 5 USA Phone Customers Can Opt-in for 30-days of free AweSIM, Purism’s Privacy-First Prepaid Cellular Plan
Purism Blog – 2.13.23 (2.8.23) To fortify users’ online privacy, Purism has launched a new offer for the Librem 5 USA phone powered with a wireless, cellular plan, AweSIM. Source: New Librem 5 USA Phone Customers Can Opt-in for 30-days of free AweSIM, Purism’s Privacy-First Prepaid Cellular Plan – Purism
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Expand the Librem 5 Hardware with The Breakout Board
Purism Blog – 2.6.23 The breakout board for the Librem 5 is a great way for hardware hackers to add functionality to your phone. When attached, you’ll have nicely exposed programmable pins. This allows you to use I2C, serial, and many digital sensors, much like you would on a single-board microcomputer. Source: Expand the Librem 5 Hardware with…
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Introducing PureBoot Restricted Boot
Purism Blog – 11.4.22 (11.3.22) We have been busy on the PureBoot front! Recently we announced “PureBoot Basic Mode” which is a low-security option for PureBoot that disables tamper detection, but leaves you with the robust PureBoot recovery console for debugging boot issues. To balance our last “low security” feature, our most recent PureBoot release, version 23, offers…
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Librem Key Goodies (Part 1)
Purism Blog – 11.2.22 The Librem Key comes preloaded with the PureBoot bundle to protect your firmware. While it’s good at protecting your boot firmware, that’s only some of what it can do. Source: Librem Key Goodies (Part 1) – Purism
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Librem 5- Device Overview
Purism Blog – 10.7.22 Librem 5 phones are for those who care about their digital security and the use of free and open source software. Our team has designed the phone so that the parts are easily repairable and you can keep using the same phone for a longer time. Let’s go through the hardware of the…