I'm not quite sure it's a conspiracy so much as everyday misleading advertising, on both the article's and Purism's behalf. Neither seems prepared to accept the fact that anybody who remotely qualifies as a "privacy freak" has far better, still perfectly usable, options available now and in the near future. Furthermore, they don't involve directly fueling the development of patent-armed chips built with integrated backdoors.

At least personally, I would respect Purism if they marketed their product to open-source supporters rather than people insistent on free devices; at least then they'd be effecting a net increase in liberty rather than scamming the purists they claim to support.

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