Purism Differentiator Series, Part 12: Secure Supply Chain and Made in USA Electronics
Todd Weaver
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Welcome to Purism, a different type of technology company.
We believe you should have technology that does not spy on you.
We believe you should have complete control over your digital life.
We advocate for personal privacy, cyber security, and individual freedoms.
We sell hardware, develop software, and provide services according to these beliefs.
To do all that, we think differently across all areas of business and technology.
Purism Differentiator Series, Part 12: Secure Supply Chain and Made in USA Electronics
Securing the supply chain in a geopolitically charged world is very challenging, and we have various solutions and products to address common threats to the most severe. The most secure of supply chains is showcased with our Liberty Phone with all the electronics manufactured at our facility in the United States running PureOS (not Android nor iOS) where all the source code is released and peer-reviewable, to the anti-interdiction service Purism offers to get you products shipped without tampering. Or consider PureBoot where Purism offers a cryptographically guaranteed tamper detection that you control with your own keys. Purism cares about securing the supply chain and is taking solving issues at the core a priority.
CNBC Documentary on Purism Made in USA Phone
As CNBC properly states it, Purism is the only US manufacturer creating tech like our Librem 5 and Liberty smartphones.
The Liberty phone has all the electronics manufactured in the United States of America at the Purism facility, the Liberty phone is one of the most advanced electronics coming out of the USA.
Liberty Phone and its Secure Supply Chain
There are a number of different reasons why someone might be excited about the Made in USA electronics in the Liberty Phone ranging from the patriotic to the environmental to the security-minded. The Liberty Phone has a more secure supply chain for reasons beyond that the electronics are made in one country instead of another.
In a food supply analogy post, we go through, Locally Sourced Ingredients, Fab to Table, and Seeds of Change to highlight the value of having an electronics secure supply chain.
Protecting the Digital Supply Chain
A fun read from 2018 about Purism protecting the digital supply chain, it is something you first learn about as a child. You discover a shiny object on the ground and as you reach down to pick it up your parent says “Don’t touch that! You don’t know where it’s been!” But why does it matter whether you know where it’s been? When your parents know where something came from, they can trust that it’s clean and safe for you to play with. When they don’t, their imagination runs wild with all of the disgusting bacteria and viruses that might taint it.
PureBoot Detecting Software Tampering
If you control your device supply chain with your own keys, you can see security benefits such as detecting tampering. In this post we go through the basics of this Purism innovation.
Anti-Interdiction Service
Another product innovation by Purism started in 2019 is our anti-interdiction service, This is a custom add-on service we have provided in the past to high-risk customers who are especially concerned about detecting any tampering with their hardware during shipment.
The Future of Software Supply Chain Security
In a post from 2020 that still applies today, we discuss why the proprietary software industry can’t fix the software supply chain problem and how we look to address it at Purism.
Purism Products and Availability Chart
| Model | Status | Lead Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Librem Key (Made in USA) | In Stock ($59+) | 10 business days | |
 | Librem 5 | In Stock ($699+) 3GB/32GB | 10 business days | |
| Librem 5 COMSEC Bundle | In Stock ($1299+) Qty 2; 3GB/32GB | 10 business days | |
| Liberty Phone (Made in USA Electronics) | Backorder ($1,999+) 4GB/128GB | Estimated fulfillment February | |
| Librem 5 + SIMple (3 GB Data) | In Stock ($99/mo) | 10 business days | |
| Librem 5 + SIMple Plus (5 GB Data) | In Stock ($129/mo) | 10 business days | |
| Librem 5 + AweSIM (Unlimited Data) | In Stock ($169/mo) | 10 business days | |
 | Librem 11 | In Stock ($999+) 8GB/1TB | 10 business days | |
 | Librem 14 | Backorder ($1,370+) | Estimated fulfillment December | |
 | Librem Mini | Backorder ($799+) | 10 business days | |
 | Librem Server | In Stock ($2,999+) | 45 business days |
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