Librem One faces privacy and security criticisms at launch

This is terribly dissapointing.

I've been keeping my eye on Purism for awhile now, eagerly awaiting a more polished product lineup before purchasing. It wasn't even really a question of "if" I was purchasing, just a matter of "when".

This has stopped me in my tracks. I hope these issues are addressed by Purism, but I'm not going to keep my hopes up.

A security issue, although not ideal, is something that can be worked through and learned from. However, trying to underplay the severity of a security issue is a red flag for potential systemic cultural issues of the company which are much more difficult to fix than a vulnerability.

The issue of suggesting dangerous defaults for PGP/GPG is also worrying. Considering the target market demographic and the Purism mission statement, one would expect a large amount of research time into the defaults of any security or privacy related portion of the phone.

I hope to see more information on all of this - and I hope to be proven wrong. I'd love to see Purism succeed. We need more players in the security/privacy first market.

my brother has been waiting for his purism phone for a long time now...i am eager to hear his review, but i'm sure news like this one help it much