Industry News – Purism https://puri.sm/ High-quality computers that protect your freedom and privacy Wed, 01 Oct 2025 18:29:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.28 https://puri.sm/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-purism-logo-rectangle-1-32x32.png Industry News – Purism https://puri.sm/ 32 32 Quantum Safe Private Communications: Building the Future Before the Threat Arrives https://puri.sm/posts/quantum-safe-private-communications-building-the-future-before-the-threat-arrives/ Fri, 26 Sep 2025 20:56:28 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=84586 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.

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]]> From Typhoon to Action: A Purism Playbook for Hardening Your Defenses https://puri.sm/posts/from-typhoon-to-action-a-purism-playbook-for-hardening-your-defenses/ Thu, 11 Sep 2025 12:00:17 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=84293 When the FBI, CISA, and NSA release joint advisories, it’s not theory — it’s reality. The latest warnings about Salt Typhoon and Volt Typhoon should be read as a weather alert: the storm isn’t “out there,” it’s already in progress. These campaigns target infrastructure, communications, and supply chains with patience and persistence.

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]]> Apple’s Latest iPhone: Sleeker Walls, Same Garden https://puri.sm/posts/apples-latest-iphone-sleeker-walls-same-garden/ Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:43:14 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=84301 Yesterday, Apple unveiled the latest iPhone lineup adding an iPhone Air — described by them as their thinnest, lightest yet. The headlines were predictable fanfare while missing the larger points.

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]]> AI, Big Tech, and the Fight for Digital Freedom: Purism’s Role https://puri.sm/posts/ai-big-tech-and-the-fight-for-digital-freedom-purisms-role/ Wed, 13 Aug 2025 01:45:12 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=84006 We are living through a pivotal moment in the digital age—one where artificial intelligence and corporate consolidation are colliding with the fundamental rights of individuals. AI is no longer just a tool for innovation; it’s become the engine behind mass surveillance, behavioral profiling, and algorithmic manipulation. And the companies driving this transformation—Amazon, Apple, Meta, Google—are not just shaping technology. They’re shaping society.

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]]> SharePoint Zero-Day Breach Hits Hundreds of Companies, Affecting Thousands of Users — Why PureOS and Linux Servers Are a Safer Alternative https://puri.sm/posts/sharepoint-zero-day-breach-hits-hundreds-of-companies-affecting-thousands-of-users-why-pureos-and-linux-servers-are-a-safer-alternative/ Mon, 21 Jul 2025 22:10:31 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=83694 The recent Microsoft SharePoint breach is yet another stark reminder of the systemic vulnerabilities embedded in our overreliance on monolithic tech ecosystems. When you centralize critical infrastructure—especially within sprawling platforms like SharePoint—you create a single, oversized attack surface that adversaries can exploit with devastating precision. This wasn’t just a technical failure; it was a cultural one.

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]]> Germany Puts Microsoft on Watch—Why PureOS Offers a Safer, More Transparent Alternative https://puri.sm/posts/germany-puts-microsoft-on-watch-why-pureos-offers-a-safer-more-transparent-alternative/ Mon, 21 Jul 2025 15:39:07 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=83684 In a major move that underscores rising global concern over Big Tech power, Germany’s Federal Cartel Office (FCO) has officially designated Microsoft as having "paramount significance for competition across markets." This rare designation opens the door for closer scrutiny and intervention by German regulators—especially around Microsoft’s growing role in artificial intelligence and its tightly woven ecosystem of services.

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]]> Fortune.com Features Purism and the Made in America Liberty Phone https://puri.sm/posts/fortune-com-features-purism-and-the-made-in-america-liberty-phone/ Thu, 05 Jun 2025 18:16:16 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=83390 The only ‘Made in America’ smartphone maker has a message for Apple about manufacturing in the Trump tariff era.

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]]> Privacy on Trial: Meta’s DOJ Battle vs. Purism’s User-Centric Philosophy https://puri.sm/posts/privacy-on-trial-metas-doj-battle-vs-purisms-user-centric-philosophy/ Tue, 29 Apr 2025 20:12:46 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=83000 The Department of Justice's (DOJ) current lawsuit against Meta spotlights a crucial discourse in the tech world, highlighting the fundamental right to privacy in the digital age.

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]]> Flipping the Script: Exploring New Paradigms in Secure Mobile Computing https://puri.sm/posts/flipping-the-script-exploring-new-paradigms-in-secure-mobile-computing/ Thu, 22 Aug 2024 00:53:20 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=82344 This solution leverages private cellular networks (PCNs) owned and operated by government entities rather than the traditional dependence on Public Switched Network Providers (PSNs) such as AT&T, Verizon, Vodafone, Orange and others around the world.

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]]> Purpose-Built Smartphones for Government vs. Commercial Off-The-Shelf Devices https://puri.sm/posts/purpose-built-smartphones-for-government-vs-commercial-off-the-shelf-devices/ Fri, 19 Jul 2024 00:03:05 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=82192 The rise of the smartphone as both an indispensable consumer electronic device and an omnipresent tool for performing tasks at work has led to an inevitable question: Should enterprise and government centralized IT organizations deploy Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) devices such as the iPhone, Google Pixel, Samsung Galaxy and attempt to secure them, or should organizations […]

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]]> Your Phone is Giving Away More Than You Ever Bargained For https://puri.sm/posts/your-phone-is-giving-away-more-than-you-ever-bargained-for/ Mon, 15 Jul 2024 00:05:47 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=82040 The year 2007 represented a watershed moment for the modern smartphone industry as we know it. This was the year that Apple introduced its first iPhone device and Google announced Android via its participation in The Open Handset Alliance (which notably leveraged the Linux kernel and open-source code to create its mobile OS). Fast forward […]

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]]> PureOS Unaffected by ext4 Data Corruption Bug https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-unaffected-by-ext4-data-corruption-bug/ Tue, 02 Jan 2024 15:57:28 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=80972 The Recent ext4 Data Corruption Bug A few days ago an ext4 filesystem bug in stable kernels was found in stable kernels that can corrupt data. Such a bug in a filesystem is one of the worst one can imagine. Nobody likes losing data. Ext4 is also very widely used; it’s the default for Debian […]

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]]> Purism Puts You in Control of Your Smartphone! https://puri.sm/posts/controlling-you-by-smartphone-is-a-reality-but-not-with-purism/ Tue, 05 Dec 2023 15:31:58 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=80936 There is a good reason why Purism does not require PureOS end users to click “I Agree” to accept intrusive terms of use that give up all control to either Google (for Android) or Apple (for iOS). When you buy a smartphone manufactured by Purism, such as the Liberty Phone (with Made in USA Electronics) […]

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]]> Purism Announcing Director of Product François Téchené https://puri.sm/posts/purism-announcing-director-of-product-francois-techene/ Wed, 17 May 2023 16:58:51 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=79317 It brings me great joy to announce the elevation of a longstanding Purism employee to the critically important role of Director of Product—François Téchené—the second employee hired to Purism. Filling this role accomplishes a lot of things for us; but filling this role with someone of François’s caliber accomplishes all the things we need and […]

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]]> Forbes Cybersecurity Trends For 2023 Meet Purism Supply Chain Security Standards https://puri.sm/posts/forbes-cybersecurity-trends-for-2023-meet-purism-supply-chain-security-standards/ Tue, 21 Mar 2023 15:25:39 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=77607 PureOS Offers End-to-End Supply Chain Software and Firmware Security According to the Forbes Article, “Cybersecurity Trends & Statistics for 2023”, there are eight macro risks to watch out for in 2023 according to the Bipartisan Policy Research Center which include the following: Evolving Geopolitical Environment- Supply chain threats due to the Russian Ukraine war. Accelerating […]

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