Wireless and networking – Purism

When Technology Policy Defends Human Dignity

Purism — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 18:36:39 +0000

In late August, Italy took a decisive step to protect women from one of the most insidious forms of online abuse: the non‑consensual sharing of intimate or misappropriated images. After years of complaints, activism, and public outrage, a notorious website — home to thousands of stolen photos of women, from ordinary citizens to public figures — was forced offline following a wave of legal and political pressure.

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Taking the Sting out of Stingray

Purism — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 19:00:41 +0000

The recent announcement that the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) was authorized to conduct covert surveillance on protestors got me thinking about how one could protect oneself against that kind of mass surveillance both in general and specifically in the context of attending or documenting (or just being near) a protest. It made me particularly thankful […]

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Hard, NOT Soft, Kill Switches

Purism — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 18:02:29 +0000

Here is the HARD truth about Hardware Kill switches on Librem laptops. The Librem laptops are secure machines that respect and protect your privacy and freedom. To this end, we at Purism are intensely suspicious of several items on a standard laptop that could be used, either maliciously or accidentally, to violate your privacy and […]

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Weekly Update on Librem 15 rev2 Production 2015-09-11

Todd Weaver — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 19:13:58 +0000

The Librem 15 fabrication is moving along, we should be expecting units in as early as the week of the 20th: Note: We have pulled most of the coreboot development time and put it into the very excited testing of our theory on unlocking the Intel Management Engine (ME), which we hope to have some […]

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Weekly Update on Librem 13 Production 2015-09-11

Todd Weaver — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 19:11:54 +0000

The Librem 13 fabrication is nearing completion, we should be expecting units in as early as the week of the 15th: Note: We have pulled most of the coreboot development time and put it into the very excited testing of our theory on unlocking the Intel Management Engine (ME), which we hope to have some […]

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Purism Kill Switches

Todd Weaver — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 04:22:14 +0000

During our Librem 15 campaign, we asked backers what they would prefer: A keystroke combination that kills the camera and microphone and a second keystroke combination to kill wireless and BlueTooth in software. A function key that kills the camera and microphone and a second function key to kill wireless and BlueTooth in the BIOS. […]

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Purism Decides on Wireless Qualcomm Atheros 802.11n over 802.11ac

Todd Weaver — Fri, 09 May 2014 17:30:16 +0000

Purism decided on Qualcomm Atheros chips, primarily since they use free and open source firmware, and have supported the community by writing free software drivers released under the ISC license. Wikipedia shows comparisons: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open-source_wireless_drivers#Linux_drivers_for_802.11_.22wireless.22 The Linux kernel shows support: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/ath 802.11n supported in ath9k with free software: https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/ath9k.html 802.11ac supported in ath10k requiring a nonfree […]

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