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Not everyone agrees with the privacy marketing of the Librem 5 > The Librem 5 is a phone that is falsely marketed as a secure and private device. This is not t
by WhooisWhoo 7y ago
Not everyone agrees with the privacy marketing of the Librem 5
> The Librem 5 is a phone that is falsely marketed as a secure and private device. This is not true.
> The Librem 5 does nothing for privacy. Installing a Linux distro is no more private than just using an ungooglified ROM. The mic kill switch is useless as they don't block access to the sensors so audio can still be gotten. The camera kill switch is also useless as you could just cover the camera with tape.
> They also weaken security. They use old hardware which doesn't have many hardware security features such as a hardware backed keystore.
> They aren't shipping firmware updates. Now your firmware will be outdated and insecure.
> Instead of using Android, they use PureOS which is a massive security decrease as you won't have kernel hardening, SELinux, seccomp filters, verified boot etc. like Android already has. PureOS doesn't even have a proper app sandbox.
> https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/cje7vg/dont_use_pureos_or_the_librem_5/?limit=500 https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/cje7vg/dont_use_pu...