Purism @purism@librem.one

For Big Tech companies there are several ways to strip you off of your privacy and to gain control of your digital rights. These companies understand that privacy is really about control. Because they control the OS, their app stores, and their respective clouds, they control their customers’ privacy. They use this control to their advantage against competitors. Do not fall prey to privacy washing 📢 https://puri.sm/posts/privacy-washing-do-as-i-say-not-as-i-do/

Attention Educational Institutions! With PureOS and Librem hardware, you can build a premium Computer Science lab without premium licensing fees. Using community-driven freedom-respecting software, schools can take learning beyond the classroom, into students’ homes, and ultimately into the industry.

Free and Open Software like PureOS is a perfect choice for educational institutions.

✔️ Avoid Recurring Costs for Licensing
✔️ Freedom by Design
✔️ No Data-Stealing Telemetry

https://puri.sm/posts/how-to-power-your-cs-labs-with-pureos/

As the conversation intensifies over the ownership of Twitter and its future, we really have to think about whether we are really inching towards a brighter future? ➡️ https://puri.sm/posts/the-future-of-socialmedia/

Want a preview of what our creative team is building using the Librem 14? Here is the making of a professional-grade animation project using Librem 14, @Krita and @blender.

https://puri.sm/posts/animating-pepper-carrot-with-librem-laptop/

Earth matter everyday! At Purism, we are aiming to build the future where you use respectful technology that lasts. #earthday

https://puri.sm/posts/purism-cares-about-environmental-impact/

Social media platforms help us to stay connected with each other and the world. What went wrong is that in a bid to grow their engagement metrics and revenues, social media channels started to track, monitor and control their users’ behavior. They manipulate the users’ thirst to their advertiser’s ends. So what's the way forward? Read more ➡️ https://puri.sm/posts/the-future-of-socialmedia/

Does your software pass the simple freedom test?
✔️ Can you run the program as you wish?
✔️ Can you study its source code?
✔️ Can you share it alike?
If you can, you have complete control and you can avoid harm. Read Founder and CEO, Todd Weaver's advice here ➡️https://puri.sm/posts/control-freedom-and-harm/

Catch-up with @kyle at the LinuxFest Northwest on April 24. His talk will explore how he uses OpenSnitch on his mobile Linux device. Apps have a bad habit of snitching on their owners. While this is a much bigger problem on Android and iOS, it's still valuable to detect when apps phone home on Linux. Get the details: https://linuxfestnorthwest.org/conferences/2022/program/proposals/653

Are you still relying on a single infosec vendor? We live in an interconnected and interdependent world. Many people have realized over the past few years just how dependent they have been on outsourced infrastructure and supplies, and how unnerving it can be when those things are disrupted. In response, many people have changed their focus toward more self-sufficiency. Read how you can reduce dependence and increase your ability to manage your security. Read more at https://puri.sm/posts/security-self-sufficiency/

What does it mean to practice "upstream first" development? @tbernard writes "Anything you improve helps in different places and benefits people for a long time to come, in ways that we can probably not imagine yet." Read the full post at https://puri.sm/posts/how-to-be-upstream-first/

What do we want from our technology?

⭐ We want the right to change providers.
🔒 We want the right to protect personal data.
💡We want the right to verify.
👁️ We want the right to not be tracked.
🚀 We want the right to access.

https://puri.sm/posts/technology-as-it-should-be/

At Purism we care about your freedom, privacy and security. Here are the products we are shipping within 10 days or less, order yours at https://shop.puri.sm/
📌 Librem Mini PC
📌 Librem 14 laptop
📌 Librem Key

April is Earth month🌎 . Thanks to the strength and bond of the Purism community as well as the resilience of a local economies we have been able to cross the chasm and pursue a better way of contributing to a planet built on purposeful actions. Read more about the why and how: https://puri.sm/posts/purism-cares-about-environmental-impact/

No matter what Librem device you own, you’ll now have a quick and easy way to find your how-to videos without too much digging around🔔
https://puri.sm/posts/definitive-guide-to-user-documentation-for-librem-devices/

Looking to enhance battery life when your life and phone are "always on"? Our Librem 5 teams are continously innovating to find better ways of saving the battery life. Here is a preview📲https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-suspend-preview/

What is Free Software (Open Source)? The @fsfe_videos explains in less than 3 minutes ➡️ https://media.fsfe.org/w/xs29yhLxSP1uKLYkSeoKKp

Real convergence means bringing your desktop computer with you wherever you go. We have invested in convergence with PureOS to make it a reality. We start with the desktop OS and shrink it down to your pocket. Here is convergence in action! Learn more about PureOS here: https://pureos.net/

Purism's President, Kyle Rankin shares his vision for the future. If you have ideas on areas you’d like to see us focus on in the future, please let us know at feedback@puri.sm. Here is the full post 🌎 🚀 https://puri.sm/posts/a-vision-in-focus/

Purism's PureOS uses open-source alternatives for many of the apps available on Android and iOS and does not have the trackers and "other ethically questionable baggage that comes with mainstream phone operating systems, writes Jason Faulkner in Game Revolution's new article ➡️ https://www.gamerevolution.com/guides/704579-android-ios-alternative-os-smartphones

Freedom, Privacy and Security are the core value pillars we are built on. We are invested in creating a fully user-controlled computing environment, with quality services and products that people will find convenient to use and beautiful to look upon.