Purism Doesn’t Just Make Privacy Tools, We Make Privacy Possible!

A newly revealed WIRED investigation has revealed that the United States Government is creating a vast social media surveillance network—one that will operate 24/7 and rely heavily on private contractors to monitor posts, photos, and messages. Officials insist the system targets foreign nationals—but its scope and design make it inevitable that ‘millions of Americans’ digital lives, and online activity, will also be swept up and included in this effort. This is unconstitutional.

This is not just a policy concern. It’s a direct challenge to the principle that digital rights must match physical rights—a principle Purism was founded to defend.

The Fourth Amendment Is Our Foundation

The U.S. Constitution’s Fourth Amendment guarantees that citizens must be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures. In the 18th century, that meant letters, diaries, and the locked desk in your study. In the 21st century, it means emails, encrypted chats, your browser searches, and the contents of your phone.

At Purism, we build everything—from our Librem laptops to our PureOS software—on the belief that privacy is a right, not a feature. If the government cannot break into your home without a warrant, it should not be able to break into your digital life either—whether through direct surveillance or outsourced contracts.

We believe that digital rights must match physical rights. Always.

Surveillance by Design, Not Accident

According to WIRED, The U.S. Government is preparing to hire nearly 30 contractors to sift through posts, photos, and messages—transforming everyday digital expression into raw intelligence. Two centers, in Vermont and California, are slated to operate as 24/7 “digital watch floors,” compiling dossiers that agents can use to consider arrests.

This has been stated as simply intelligence gathering on non-US Citizens (something constitutionally allowed). However, it is actually the construction of a permanent surveillance infrastructure—one that treats the open internet as a dragnet, sweeping up Americans’ voices alongside those who may be foreign nationals.

Purism exists to counter this exact threat. We design systems that resist surveillance by default—minimizing data collection, maximizing user control, and refusing to participate in the normalization of digital overreach. Purism exists to advance digital freedoms for all.

Outsourcing the Constitution

The US Government’s defense is predictable: the program is “targeting foreign nationals.” But on global platforms like Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram, there is no clean separation. Every post, whether it is foreign or domestic, exists in the same digital space and this will impact millions of Americans.

By hiring contractors, The US Government is effectively laundering surveillance through private intermediaries—unconstitutionally doing indirectly what it knows it cannot do directly. This maneuver sidesteps the Fourth Amendment and shields the process from public accountability and due process. Contractors are not subject to Freedom of Information Act requests, and their methods remain hidden from scrutiny.

At Purism we call this what it is: constitutional evasion through privatization. We stand for transparency, lawful process, and every user’s right to know who is watching—and why.

Why Purism Cares

This isn’t theoretical. It’s one of the many reasons we exist.

Purism was founded to protect users from invasive digital surveillance—when government agencies use online platforms to bypass constitutional safeguards. We create secure hardware, develop privacy-first software, and push for legal protections that treat digital spaces with the same respect as physical ones.

Your digital life deserves the same rights as your home—and Purism makes that a reality.

We don’t just make privacy tools. We make privacy possible.

The Fourth Amendment does not vanish when the medium changes. A search is still a search, whether it’s a knock at your door or a query into your data. A seizure is still a seizure, whether it’s a box of papers or a digital dossier compiled from your social media.

At Purism, we design hardware and software around this principle: privacy is not a feature, it is a right.

The principle is simple, and it is enduring: if the government cannot break into your home without a warrant, it cannot break into your digital life without one either.

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