Purism Differentiator Series, Part 5: Privacy
To offer proper privacy protection it means to default to complete privacy protection and put all the power into the hands of the product owner, this also means to be able to verify that the code does not infringe upon the privacy rights of the user by releasing all the source code. Creating products that can verifiably offer no spying, no tracking, no data mining, and no data leakage, and go so far as to allow applications to be installed without linking financial details, was a giant challenge, but also quite rewarding as we have done just this in all our products.
Going back to 2016, we stated “There is an increasing threat of cameras and microphones being used to spy on you.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10” Having hardware kill switches built into most of Purism products offers peace of mind that you are in control of your privacy, and it is as easy as a light-switch to control.