Is the Librem 5 the Most Privacy Secure Computer in the World?

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@StevenR

I think it’s pretty sure to say that there are no backdoors in the Librem 5.

I trust Puri.sm not to put one in there. But hey, perhaps puri.sm is just a frontcover for the NSA, it would not be the first time that these agencies do that: “[Swiss] Crypto AG was secretly owned by the CIA in a highly classified partnership with West German intelligence, and the spy agencies” (Crypto AG - Wikipedia).

Purism products feel like an obvious vector for targeting

I’m kind of reluctant to get Purism products because it feels like an obvious vector for targeting those who want to ‘go dark’ that badly. [The Purism] products might be compromised in a way that renders interdiction redundant. Just a hunch though–nothing substantial to base this on. The same reasoning might apply to [software], but I think it’s much harder to compromise an open-source OS than it is to install a microscopic piece of hardware into a system (something the Bloomberg piece on Chin…