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Hail Corporate! (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/memes@lemmy.world
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I respect people's right to use apple products, but please stop asserting "privacy", big corps doesn't give a shit.

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[–] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

@jcs Librem 5 has a fully closed source SoC, which means System on a Chip as opposed to a traditional desktop where the components would be part of a motherboard. The board schematics are for a basic PCB. It's a nearly entirely closed source device in terms of where the actual complexity is. The SoC is the core component providing nearly all the base functionality. The SSD, memory, touchscreen, battery, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, cellular, etc. are all closed source, as are various other chips, etc.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    @jcs Librem 5 has atrocious privacy and security due to using a bunch of low security and outdated components, which are not open and do not have open firmware. Many components including the radios lack proper security updates. Purism does not provide the firmware updates through their OS and has set up a bunch of it in a way where it can't be updated. They even went out of the way to move things to a locked down secondary processor to block updates. They claim if you can't update it, it's open.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    @jcs The definition of openness used by Librem 5 is that a fully closed source device with closed source firmware and software would be open and freedom respecting as long as none of the firmware/software can be updated.

    Purism prevents updating firmware for the SoC and calls it open even though the SoC is fully closed source hardware and does have closed source firmware, which just can't be updated. They don't count secondary components like radios. 99.999% closed source hardware isn't open.

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