In a recent interview republished by Yahoo Finance, Purism CEO Todd Weaver explained why the Liberty Phone, Purism’s secure smartphone with electronics made in the USA, is exempt from U.S. tariffs targeting smartphones manufactured in China—such as Apple’s iPhone.
Unlike most mobile devices, the Liberty Phone electronics are manufactured in the United States for a secure supply chain. This domestic manufacturing approach shields the Liberty Phone from the tariffs likely to apply to foreign-built smartphones sold in the U.S.
Read more at Purism: https://puri.sm/posts/purism-liberty-phone-free-from-tariffs-as-reported-by-yahoo-finance/
Welcome back! If you’ve been following our PureOS Crimson milestones, you’ll see that the few remaining tasks relate to providing ready-to-flash images for the Librem 5:
Once we get Crimson images built and published, with a method to use them to test, and finish that one task for gnome-control-center, this milestone will be complete!
We had an early image available back in January, but it was certainly not complete. Building the image required some patches to debos to work around unresolved issues. That brings us to this month’s focus – fixing the root issues in the Crimson image build, so we can build up to date images automatically.
Read more at Purism: https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-crimson-development-report-may-2025/
As attackers continue breaching U.S. telecom infrastructure, the FBI has issued a stark warning: Americans should move away from insecure SMS messaging and toward encrypted platforms. But the story doesn’t end there.
FBI’s Real Message: Encryption Must Be “Responsibly Managed” The FBI encourages users to adopt end-to-end encrypted apps like WhatsApp, Signal, and Messenger—but with a twist: they want “responsibly managed” encryption, meaning tech platforms should retain the ability to decrypt content when presented with a lawful court order.
Read more at Purism: https://puri.sm/posts/fbi-raises-alarm-on-encrypted-messaging-apps-a-new-front-in-the-battle-for-digital-privacy-and-national-security/