[Testannounce] Purism Product Announcements, Security News, and More!

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    Save Up to $300 on The Liberty Phone when Bundled with AweSIM
    Cellular Services!

Purism is excited to announce a sale on the widely popular Liberty Phone 
at $1,999.00 or $1,899.00 when bundled with AweSIM private cellular service.

Click here to learn more: Save Up to $300 on The Liberty Phone when 
Bundled with AweSIM Cellular Services! - Purism 
<https://puri.sm/posts/save-up-to-300-on-the-liberty-phone-when-bundled-with-awesim-cellular-services/?mtm_campaign=status_update&mtm_source=organic&mtm_medium=newsletter&mtm_content=nl-save-up-to-300-on-the-liberty-phone-when-bundled-with-awesim-cellular-services>


    Android's Monolithic and Bloated Upgrades vs. Purism's Rolling Upgrades!

Fundamentally, all our Purism devices running PureOS 
<https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/pureos-mobile/> receive regular 
updates to apps and the core OS the same way. Each component of PureOS 
can be upgraded individually at any time. In contrast, Android has a 
read-only root filesystem for day-to-day use. As a consequence, Android 
phones only see a few upgrades and a limited number of security patches. 
This makes app upgrades the only upgrade Android users get regularly for 
more than a few years.

Click here to read more: Android's Monolithic and Bloated Upgrades vs 
Purism's Rolling Upgrades - Purism 
<https://puri.sm/posts/androids-monolithic-and-bloated-upgrades-vs-purisms-rolling-upgrades/?mtm_campaign=status_update&mtm_source=organic&mtm_medium=newsletter&mtm_content=nl-androids-monolithic-and-bloated-upgrades-vs-purisms-rolling-upgrade>


    International Cybersecurity Standards do Not Address Surveillance
    Capitalism!

I came across a great article, Essential Guide to Cybersecurity 
Compliance 
<https://thehackernews.com/2023/09/essential-guide-to-cybersecurity.html>, 
in the Hacker News. I noticed that international cybersecurity 
standards, including those in the U.S. such as CCPA and HIPAA, do not 
address privacy and security threats posed by Surveillance Capitalism.

Click here to learn more: International Cybersecurity Standards do Not 
Address Surveillance Capitalism - Purism 
<https://puri.sm/posts/international-cybersecurity-standards-do-not-address-surveillance-capitalism/?mtm_campaign=status_update&mtm_source=organic&mtm_medium=newsletter&mtm_content=nl-international-cybersecurity-standards-do-not-address-surveillance-capitalism>


    Librem 11 Memory Adventures

When I started porting coreboot to the Librem 11 
<https://puri.sm/products/librem-11/>, one of the first few tasks was to 
get memory working. Like the Librem 5 
<https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/>, the Librem 11 has soldered memory 
("memory down"). This has implications on the firmware. Socketed memory 
carries a small SPD EEPROM with information about the memory module. 
Memory down boards don't have that SPD EEPROM - since the memory can't 
change, we just include all that information in the system firmware and 
save the cost of one more chip.

Click here to learn more: Librem 11 Memory Adventures - Purism 
<https://puri.sm/posts/librem-11-memory-adventures/?mtm_campaign=status_update&mtm_source=organic&mtm_medium=newsletter&mtm_content=nl-librem-11-memory-adventures>

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