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Someone shared on Trisquel's forums a direct email communication with Purism revealing the way the company avoids being fully transparent about the fact that their device does not offer better privacy when used *as a phone* — it has privacy advantages only when the phone functionality is completely turned off, in which case the questioner claims it is nothing more than a pocket (or even stationary) PC.
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https://trisquel.info/en/forum/librem5-and-why-i-am-no-longer-interested
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Librem5 - Purism Avoids Admitting it Does Not have Better Privacy When Used as a Phone
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But what can you do with it?
-- ubiquitous cry from Linux-user partner
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 06 2019, @08:44PM (7 children)
I do not see anyone else offering a better alternative.
That guy is a moron who does not understand todays reality.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by MostCynical on Wednesday March 06 2019, @10:33PM
He wants perfection, delivered cheaply, by someone else, yesterday
Sounds like a typical project manager.
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 06 2019, @10:49PM (2 children)
I don't see anyone offering a worse alternative either... It's always the same offer: the proprietary GSM modem controls the rest of the unit. But you get to pick the color of the phone!!!
If compromising on privacy/security is not an option, or anything serious is at stake (e.g. political activism or journalism in a sensitive area), it is advised to avoid using a telephony-enabled device at all. -- https://replicant.us/freedom-privacy-security-issues.php [replicant.us]
(Score: 4, Informative) by exaeta on Thursday March 07 2019, @12:06AM (1 child)
The Government is a Bird
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 07 2019, @09:34AM
Wake me up when they get the FSF RYF certification or even some other credible party's declaration.
For now all we have is their soothing words and slick marketing, much like any android or ios turd.
They might be in it for real but all we have now is hot air.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday March 07 2019, @12:33AM
But is good to know the limits of the 'best available today', is it not?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0
(Score: 2) by darkfeline on Thursday March 07 2019, @06:21AM
Just because your placebo is better than that other placebo that causes cancer doesn't mean you can advertise your placebo as a cure.
Just because other phones actively violate your privacy doesn't mean you can advertise your phone which doesn't protect your privacy as a phone that protects your privacy.
"I do not see anyone else offering a better alternative." is not a valid argument against "This phone does not do what it is advertised to do".
Join the SDF Public Access UNIX System today!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 07 2019, @11:20AM
He actually understands things much better than all those who would simply click "Preorder now" or think that "there is nothing better, so let's buy the least worst and dream of privacy".