Tom @tom@librem.one

The Librem 15 is the first ultra-portable workstation laptop that was designed chip-by-chip, line-by-line, to respect your rights to privacy, security, and freedom.

https://puri.sm/products/librem-15/

Smartphone alternatives to Google and Apple https://pocketnow.com/alternatives-to-google-apple

We Don't Need to 'Pause' Police Use of Face Recognition—We Need to Ban It Forever
https://gizmodo.com/we-dont-need-to-pause-police-use-of-face-recognition-we-1834958605 #privacy

Librem Chat is...

- Text, Voice, & Video
- Private (end-to-end encrypted chatrooms that only participants can see).
- Ad Free (that's right... zero ads and zero tracking)
- Free to use
- Available right now

https://puri.sm/posts/introducing-the-new-librem-chat/

Did you know that Librem Social now has basic iPad support? #libremsocial #dontleavecupertinointhecold

I was interviewed by Fast Company about @purism hardware kill switches in this piece on the current trend to put them in home automation devices to address everyone's unease with always-on cameras and mics in their bedroom. #privacy
https://www.fastcompany.com/90349731/the-hardware-trend-google-amazon-and-apple-are-throwing-their-weight-behind

[Librem Chat] is a total, privacy-respecting replacement for all those intrusive chat services. One you can either use to have a friendly, one-on-one conversation with your best friend, or to call large groups of people. #libremone

https://puri.sm/posts/introducing-the-new-librem-chat/

Let us tell you about the new Librem Chat: the no worries, free, end-to-end encrypted chat, VoIP and video-calling service.

https://puri.sm/posts/introducing-the-new-librem-chat/

@purism Just purchased the Librem.One service package. So far, so good. Plan on dumping Google.

Librem Mail 0.1.1 for Android is now available on the Google Play Store.

WHAT'S NEW
* Fixed notifications
* Changed default privacy settings to hide the user agent, hide the time zone, and hide the host name when connecting
* Translation & string fixes

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=one.librem.mail

For those that use Android but do not like using the Google Play Store: We plan to make the Librem.one applications available via F-Droid. No hard ETA yet, but it's in the works. More info on that once available.

Question from the audience:

What Chrome OS features would we like in traditional Linux distributions?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdUdlqwSt9Y

Librem 5 App Design Tutorial – Part II

https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-app-design-tutorial-part-ii/

"Most people want to opt-in to what they want to follow, be that a news feed, a celebrity, a friend, or family. Most people do not want to be force-fed a constant stream of manipulated content to catch and keep their attention."

https://puri.sm/posts/opt-in-no-ads-and-no-tracking-solve-a-lot-of-problems-in-society/

#librem5 progress report https://puri.sm/posts/may-progress-update-librem-5-hardware/

"Please try and use platforms that value open source firmware components. Chromebooks are a great example of this, as well as Purism computers."

- @jessfraz

https://blog.jessfraz.com/post/why-open-source-firmware-is-important-for-security/

A quick hack to support #libremone in gnome-online-accounts for mail account setup

Tech companies and online platforms have other ways to address the rapid spread of disinformation, including addressing the algorithmic “megaphone” at the heart of the problem, and giving users control over their own feeds. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/05/censorship-cant-be-only-answer-disinformation-online

Private secure messaging, end-to-end encrypted communications, and public social; as it should be.

- No Ads
- No Tracking
- We respect you

Sign up for as little as... free.

https://librem.one/

"Librem One makes a compelling all-in-one pitch to the privacy minded by offering privacy alternatives to WhatsApp, Twitter, Gmail and other services

Anyone looking to wrest back control of their data from big tech like Facebook, Microsoft and Google now has a clear, convenient and cost-effective choice."

- @omgubuntu

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2019/04/purism-privacy-android-ios-apps

I woke up to the drama about #LibremOne in the fediverse.

As I said before in [1], while I think removing local and federated timelines from their fork of #Mastodon is a weird (but bold) decision, I think disabling reports is outright problematic for the rest of us in the fediverse.

Now I am glad to see this move 😀. I hope @purism continues to innovate and at the same time, continues to consider feedback from the community.

[1] https://aleph.land/@masoud/102034256618437703