Qubes and Purism announced a partnership today – Qubes will be preinstalled on Librem laptops along with (Debian/Linux-kernel-based) PureOS:
Purism partners with Qubes, offering Purism’s freedom-focused hardware bundled together with Qubes’ security-focused operating system.
Purism, maker of the privacy, security-focused Librem laptops
forms a partnership with the security-focused operating system Qubes OS,
to ensure users are as protected from modern-day security threats as
possible. Conventional security approaches such as antivirus and malware
detection programs are no longer enough to keep out sophisticated
attackers; Qubes OS isolates the operating system’s components allowing
for a more optimal security model than Microsoft Windows or Apple OSX
can provide.
San Francisco, CA and Poland – (PRWEB) December 08, 2015
In the midst of growing concerns about identity theft, Internet
privacy, cybersecurity and digital rights, Purism, maker of the privacy,
security, and freedom-focused Librem laptops has announced a
partnership with the security-focused operating system Qubes OS, to
ensure users are as protected from modern-day security threats as
possible.
This partnership will continue to evolve to push security for
users in a positive direction within the hardware manufacturing process.
Qubes OS provides security through “compartmentalization.” If a
user’s browser is compromised while visiting a website, for example, the
attacker does not gain access to other information or programs on the
system, such as sensitive documents, passwords, photos or personal data.
Conventional security approaches such as antivirus and malware
detection programs are no longer enough to keep out sophisticated
attackers.
Qubes OS isolates the operating system’s components allowing
for a more optimal security model than Microsoft Windows or Apple OSX
can provide.
In addition, Qubes comes with Whonix-powered Tor integration,
enabling the user to easily route network traffic through the Tor
anonymity network. Given these features, combining Qubes with Purism
Librem laptops is a natural fit – and users will benefit by being able
to order Qubes OS preinstalled on the Librem 13.
“We are pleased to partner with the Purism team both in offering a
certified Qubes OS laptop today, and in the future improving the
functionality and security of Purism laptops to ensure that users can
have the best of freedom, security and privacy in one convenient
package,” said Joanna Rutkowska, well-known security researcher and
founder of the Qubes OS project.
“We are ecstatic about the partnership between Purism and Qubes so we
can bring together our goals of privacy, security and freedom in
hardware with the best approach in software security. This union
represents the ideal approach to protecting users by default, without
sacrificing convenience or usability,” said Todd Weaver, CEO of Purism.
“Qubes OS is a natural fit with the Purism Librem laptops in both
functionality and ideology.”
The Librem: Privacy-Respecting Hardware
Purism’s goal with the Librem laptop is to offer a high-end computer
with a simple, out-of-the-box, privacy-enhancing experience. The Librem
laptop computer features privacy “kill switches” to physically shut off
the camera, microphone and data connection, deterring data thieves,
spies, cyberstalkers and hackers.
Librem 13:
The new Librem 13 is now shipping. It can be ordered at Librem 13 Laptop | Crowd Supply, for a base price of $1649 US, including Qubes OS.
Orders are shipped on a first-come, first-served basis in the order
they were received. There is an additional shipping charge of $80 for
orders outside the USA.
CrowdSupply will accept all forms of international currency including Bitcoin.
About Qubes OS:
Qubes OS is a security-oriented free and open source operating system
for personal computers. Recognizing there can be no perfect, bug-free
computing environment, Qubes aims instead to secure typical workflows
through controlled interaction and minimize the attack surface for
adversaries through compartmentalization.
Its architecture is built to enable a user to define different
security environments or “domains” on their computer based on their
threat model and manage their interaction with each other. This allows
the user to control the level of access an application has to other
information, protecting confidential work both from compromise and from
exfiltration.
It can run Debian, Fedora, Whonix, and even Windows-based applications within this environment. For more information, visit: https://www.qubes-os.org
About Purism:
Purism’s goal is to manufacture secure, freedom, and
privacy-respecting computers, leading the way in protecting your digital
life by making security and privacy simpler — so protecting your
privacy is easier than giving it up.
Purism is devoted to providing the
highest quality hardware available, with the goal that the user’s data
is kept private and is secure from hacking, malware, spyware, identity
theft and other threats that cannot be prevented with antivirus or
malware detection alone. Purism is based in San Francisco, California,
and its products are assembled in the United States from components
manufactured and sourced internationally.
Privately held and privately
funded, Purism has raised over $861,000 to date solely with crowd
funding, making the Librem laptops one of the top three most successful
crowd funded PC hardware projects in history, according to ZDNet, and
the #1 crowd funded hardware project on Crowd Supply.
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