Announcing Purism's Year End Sale. Offering 15% off your purchases through the end of the year. Just use YEAREND as your coupon code for hardware purchases through December 31, 2025! Please note that orders placed after December 17th will not ship until January. The post 2025 Year-End Sale appeared first on Purism.

With our sights set on the beta release milestone, one key component still remains: a way to upgrade from Byzantium to Crimson. If you're a Linux expert, you might already know how Debian handles release upgrades. Some eager individuals have already upgraded from Byzantium to the Crimson alpha this way. However, we need an easy, graphical upgrade procedure, so everyone with a Librem 5 can get the improvements coming in Crimson. The post PureOS Crimson Development Report: November 2025 appeared first on Purism.

In her book Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp Through the Terribly Libertarian Culture of Silicon Valley, published in 2000, Borsook who is based in Palo Alto, California and has previously written for Wired and a host of other industry publications, took aim at what she saw as disturbing trends among the tech industry. The post A Quarter Century After Cyberselfish, Big Tech Proves Borsook Right appeared first on Purism.

NBC News reports that Trump Mobile customers have been waiting months for a promised ‘Made in the USA’ smartphone, originally announced for August delivery. The T1 phone was marketed as domestically produced, but delays and vague updates have raised skepticism. References to ‘Made in the USA’ have been removed from the company’s site, and leaked images suggest the device resembles existing Chinese-made models. This situation underscores the complexity of building smartphones in America without established infrastructure. The post Purism Liberty Phone Exists vs. Delayed T1 Phone appeared first on Purism.

In September, we prioritized fixes for the out-of-box experience on PureOS Crimson. For the rest of the beta milestone, we are prioritizing work that benefits the most from user feedback. That includes functionality that must account for device-to-device variations and that is strongly influenced by users' individual preferences. The post PureOS Crimson Development Report: October 2025 appeared first on Purism.

A sophisticated malware campaign, dubbed “EvilAI” by cybersecurity firm Trend Micro, is leveraging AI-enhanced software to infiltrate organizations across the globe. By posing as legitimate productivity tools, this malware evades traditional security measures and exploits user trust. The post EvilAI Malware Exploits AI Targets Organizations Worldwide appeared first on Purism.

Drawing is a basic image editor that can resize, crop, or rotate an image. You can apply simple filters, insert or censor text, and manipulate a selected portion of the picture (cut/copy/paste/drag/…) The post Drawing App Now Available appeared first on Purism.

Welcome back! In our August update, we mentioned that PureOS Crimson alpha images are released. With the alpha milestone closed, we now push on toward beta. Now that Crimson alpha images are installable, we're focusing on the out-of-box experience - what happens when you turn on your device for the first time with PureOS Crimson. Most of the fixes this month improve the out-of-box experience. The post PureOS Crimson Development Report: September 2025 appeared first on Purism.

If you’re tired of being tricked into “Consent on Everything,” it’s time to step outside the adversary’s system. Explore what Purism has to offer and deicide if this is a move you should take. Equipping yourself with the Purism Ecosystem can protect you. This is a place where your consent is real, your defaults are yours, and your digital life is finally under your control. The post Consent On Everything? appeared first on Purism.

The recent 60 Minutes segment on Chinese hacks to America’s critical infrastructure was not new news. IT was a very powerful remainder that highlighted some of the root causes of our national cyber weaknesses. The post 60 Minutes Uncovers Hacks on America’s Infrastructure appeared first on Purism.

From Code to Control: How Big Tech Claims Ownership of the User September 2025 has been a brutal reminder of a truth we at Purism have been voicing for years: code is power. And when that code is closed, opaque, or controlled by Big Tech vendors who prioritize convenience or monetization over user rights, the end-user becomes the product, not the principal. The post Code is Power! appeared first on Purism.

A newly revealed WIRED investigation shows that the United States Government is creating a vast social media surveillance network, one that will operate around the clock and rely heavily on private contractors. Officials insist the system targets foreign nationals—but its scope and design make it inevitable that millions of Americans’ online activity will also be swept up. This is unconstitutional. The post Purism Defends the Fourth Amendment in the Digital Age appeared first on Purism.

When a company collapses, its debts and assets are tallied, auctioned, and parceled out. But what happens when the “asset” in question is your very biology? That’s the question millions of 23andMe customers now face in the wake of the company’s bankruptcy. The post From the Browser to the Bloodstream appeared first on Purism.

On September 30, 2025, The Washington Post reported a quiet trend in Washington, D.C.: the return of landline phones among officials and journalists seeking refuge from the omnipresent surveillance of smartphones. In a recent story, NBC News spotlighted parents in Maine and Seattle who are reviving landlines for their children—creating “landline pods” so kids can connect without the addictive pull of screens or the predatory reach of social media platforms. The post Dialing Back to Move Forward: Why the Landline Revival Signals a Future for Privacy appeared first on Purism.

The lawsuits now circling Apple are not just about stolen phones. They are about stolen selves—stolen data, stolen memories, stolen identities. The post Who Owns Your Digital Self? appeared first on Purism.

Secure mobility is not just about encryption — it’s about sovereignty. The ability to own, control, and verify every layer of your communications stack is the difference between operational assurance and strategic vulnerability. The post Quantum Safe Private Communications: Building the Future Before the Threat Arrives appeared first on Purism.

Secure mobility is not just about encryption — it’s about sovereignty. The ability to own, control, and verify every layer of your communications stack is the difference between operational assurance and strategic vulnerability. The post Quantum Safe Private Communications: Building the Future Before the Threat Arrives appeared first on Purism.

In September, a single misconfiguration in Life360’s Android API turned a “family safety” app into a map of human lives exposed. More than 442,000 users had their precise GPS trails, names, and phone numbers dumped online by a threat actor known as Emo. The post Safety Without Surveillance: Designing Digital Sovereignty for All Ages appeared first on Purism.

The Secret Service’s disruption of a massive SIM-server network near the U.N. is proof that the threats to our communications are real, organized, and capable of overwhelming public safety systems. The post Secret Service Telecom Bust Exposes Cellular Weaknesses appeared first on Purism.

The Justice Department and a coalition of states are pursuing antitrust action against Google, accusing it of running monopolistic ad-tech systems that exploit users and lock out competition. Regulators are weighing remedies that could force structural changes to Google’s ad empire. The post Purism Approach vs. Google Model appeared first on Purism.

Signaling System 7 (SS7) was designed in the 1970s to let telecom carriers route calls, deliver SMS, and enable roaming. It was never built with authentication or encryption in mind. Security wasn’t part of the plan. The assumption was simple: All carriers are trusted. The post Librem PQC Encryptor: Future‑Proofing Against Both SS7 and Quantum appeared first on Purism.

Shortwave is an internet radio player that provides access to a station database with over 50,000 stations. The post Shortwave App Now Available appeared first on Purism.

Signaling System 7 (SS7) was designed in the 1970s to let telecom carriers route calls, deliver SMS, and enable roaming. It was never built with authentication or encryption in mind. Security wasn’t part of the plan. The assumption was simple: All carriers are trusted. The post Librem PQC Encryptor: Future‑Proofing Against Both SS7 and Quantum appeared first on Purism.

Three recent IT‑privacy headlines tell the same unsettling story: that consumer trust is being squandered The post Freedom by Design: Why Purism Rejects Big IT Status Quo appeared first on Purism.

Every American should be alarmed. It was recently reported that a whistleblower from inside the Social Security Administration, Chief Data Officer Charles Borges, has revealed that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) copied a live, full-fidelity version of the nation’s Social Security database onto an Amazon-hosted cloud environment that allegedly lacked independent security oversight. This affects any American who’s ever filled out a Social Security form, The post When “Efficiency” Becomes Exposure: How DOGE Put America’s Identity at Risk appeared first on Purism.