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Purism has always seemed a bit to me like snake oil. Isn't the baseband still totally opaque? Aren't there going to be blobs? Looks like they're going to be usi
by jordigh 8y ago
Purism has always seemed a bit to me like snake oil. Isn't the baseband still totally opaque? Aren't there going to be blobs? Looks like they're going to be using a loophole to get the RYF certification:
https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-solving-the-first-fsf-ryf-hurdle/ https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-solving-the-first-fsf-ryf-hurd...
- madez 8y agoWhich other smartphone runs mainline Linux and Debian? That's what Librem 5 is announced to be able to. Is it perfect? No. But it is not just snake oil.
- woolvalley 8y agoSecurity and openness is an asymptote that you try to approach, not something you ever fully achieve. The v1 phone would be %80 open, the v2 could be %90 open and so on.
- roblabla 8y agoI don't think we share the same definition of loophole. The co-processor is something the RYF certification allows exactly because binary blobs are often necessary. It's voluntary. The librem isn't shady for using it, that's what the exception is for! It allows running the blob in a jailed environment, thus ensuring the user's privacy is respected.
- bo1024 8y agoI can promise you their laptops are not snake oil -- love mine.