My exact worry. All of this sounds pretty good but for a person like myself, living in Eastern Europe, ordering such a laptop means the physical shipment can go through 20+ places where an agent could intercept it, get to a back room, modify the hardware and/or the software for no longer than 1-2 hours, put it back in the box and you'll be none the wiser.
I am just not sure how can I trust anybody at this point. I am even wondering if the Librem products aren't a honeypot for the privacy-conscious individuals.
A good strategist understands the needs of their opponents and can imitate an organization that serves them. How much do we know about Librem really?
That line of thinking doesn't go anywhere though. And ever since the ancient ages, we haven't invented tamper-proof packaging and shipping.
Still, we have one thing going for us. The agencies are usually slow to adapt. So it's probably a safe bet that the first several thousand of those laptops will be secure for real.
(EDIT: With 16GB of RAM being the maximum, none of the three laptops are good enough fit for me yet.)
I am just not sure how can I trust anybody at this point. I am even wondering if the Librem products aren't a honeypot for the privacy-conscious individuals.
A good strategist understands the needs of their opponents and can imitate an organization that serves them. How much do we know about Librem really?
That line of thinking doesn't go anywhere though. And ever since the ancient ages, we haven't invented tamper-proof packaging and shipping.
Still, we have one thing going for us. The agencies are usually slow to adapt. So it's probably a safe bet that the first several thousand of those laptops will be secure for real.
(EDIT: With 16GB of RAM being the maximum, none of the three laptops are good enough fit for me yet.)