Phones aren’t built to protect the end user, though it might they should be because they are part of everyday life. Most modern phones are actually built with the idea of exploiting the end user by analyzing and categorizing you and then selling who you are to others. This is called surveillance cap…

i agree, but unfortunately the librem5 is still no solution/replacement to this.

Purism ship Raw Opensource-Evil_FirefoxESR-Google’s-default-settings, which does Not add privacy security Freedom for PureOS. Also Purism shipping updated BLOBs to Librems without user Consents. This is an known Evil Practice from Opensource or FOSS.

[image] carlosgonz: Also Purism shipping updated BLOBs to Librems without user Consents. When was this something they did?

[image] Dlonk: When was this something they did? Purism it doing all time through Coreboot and Das-uboot Firmwares through Opensource Purism Programmers. Even worse Purism also initiated by introducing BLOBs to PureOS directly through JAILs just to bypass FSF Rules but FSF Reject this Evil…

[image] carlosgonz: Purism it doing all time through Coreboot and Das-uboot Firmwares through Opensource Purism Programmers. So, does coreboot have blobs that self update or simply static blobs?

[image] Dlonk: simply static blobs It is Static Blobs but Purism is Accepting to updating the Blobs through Opensource Mainstream Coreboot or Uboot. I strongly do not Trust on any BLOBs and it is Shame that Purism Ridiculously Trusting on Blobs.

Out of curiosity… which phones or computing devices do you use?

[image] amarok: Out of curiosity… which phones or computing devices do you use? [amarokk]

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I am very thankful for all the work Purism has done and continues to do enabling people to protect themselves from Google/Microsoft/Apple’s unconsented-to-stalking-for-profit. Please, keep pushing forward and innovating to protect people! You will have a lot of passionate and loyal customers if you …

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