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> It is kind of scary to use a banking app on this thing. My wife, who is not a tech person at all, flatly refuses to run any banking or financial apps on her
by morganvachon 8y ago
> It is kind of scary to use a banking app on this thing.
My wife, who is not a tech person at all, flatly refuses to run any banking or financial apps on her Android phone. She knows just enough about the technology to know that most Android devices are cesspools of spyware and malware, even her Galaxy phone. She doesn't like iPhones though, so I doubt she will ever go over to that side even for security's sake.
- acct1771 8y agoPlease have her order a Librem 5 for banking etc!
- morganvachon 8y agoNo thank you, I lost faith in Purism after they continually misled their customers about the Librem 15 laptop. https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/3anjgm/on_the_librem_laptop_purism_doesnt_believe_in/ https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/3anjgm/on_the_librem...
- EvangelicalPig 8y agoTo be fair, they did get Coreboot working after about 2 years from the time of that post but it's still not ideal, compared to a older Libreboot based system, performance not withstanding.
- morganvachon 8y agoThey did, but they never once apologized or admitted they misled customers about the laptop launching with Coreboot working and ME removed (in fact their initial promise was that they somehow got Intel to make a ME-free chipset "just for them" which was a flat out lie). Lie to me and I'm done with you, especially over something as important as privacy and freedom. It may now be closer to what they originally promised, but I no longer trust them.
- EvangelicalPig 8y agoThat's fair, and even "I" as a "partial supporter" think they need to tune down the marketing machine a bit. It's a shame because they're really the only company doing what their doing (a fighting a chance at open source (as possible) and secure hardware)