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In this issue, we’d like to share the latest app added to our Apps store and some relevant news.

App of the Week

Shortwave is an internet radio player that provides access to a station database with over 50,000 stations.

Shortwave is mobile-friendly, included in our OS, and works very well on the Librem 5 and Liberty Phone. Thanks to the powerful convergence libraries we invented, Shortwave can easily adapt to bigger screens and can be used on either a phone, a laptop, or a desktop computer.

Learn more and watch the video: Shortwave

In the News

Librem PQC Encryptor: Future‑Proofing Against Both SS7 and Quantum

The Threat We Keep Ignoring

Signaling System 7 (SS7) was designed in the 1970s to let telecom carriers route calls, deliver SMS, and enable roaming. It was never built with authentication or encryption in mind. Security wasn’t part of the plan. The assumption was simple: All carriers are trusted.

Freedom by Design: Why Purism Rejects Big IT Status Quo

When Privacy Is Optional: How Three Recent Breaches Expose a Systemic Failure

Google was hit with a $425 million jury verdict after collecting data from nearly 100 million users—even when they switched tracking “off.” A privacy control that doesn’t work isn’t a mistake—it’s deception.
Samsung saw 270,000 customer records leaked after credentials stolen in 2021 were never rotated. This wasn’t a sophisticated attack; it was four years of negligence finally exploited.
Chess.com, a hub for millions of players, exposed sensitive personal information because a misconfigured database left records wide open. Names, emails, hashed passwords, and even locations were left for anyone to find.

The NYPD’s $3B “Domain Awareness System” isn’t just a New York problem—it’s a warning for every American

Preemptive Mass Surveillance, Its Effects on Liberty and Purism’s Role

In her September 15, 2025, New York Times opinion piece, Elizabeth Daniel Vasquez disclosed a reality too many Americans were not aware of: the New York Police Department has quietly built one of the most expansive, integrated surveillance systems in the nation’s history. What began as a patchwork of cameras and databases has evolved into a $3 billion “Domain Awareness System” or (DAS)- capable of tracking, recording, and predicting the movements of millions of people, most of whom have never been accused of a crime.