Purism Partners With PIA For VPN Solutions On Librem Smartphones & Laptops

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Purism Partners With PIA For VPN Solutions On Librem Smartphones & Laptops

Purism announced today they are partnering up with Private Internet Access (PIA) for offering out-of-the-box VPN services to Librem 5 smartphone users as well as offering the VPN integration inside their Debian-based PureOS for Librem 13/15 laptop users...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Purism-Partners-PIA

[tildearrow]

What does this mean? Having the PIA widget pre-installed and encouraging the user to buy a sub, or providing a free (probs limited) subscription with the purchase of a Librem device?

[fuzz]

i wonder if they will try to push for wireguard out of the box?

[patrakov]

Won't this make any import of Librem 5 phone into China illegal?

[tildearrow]

Won't this make any import of Librem 5 phone into China illegal?

They could make a Chinese version without the PIA features.

[starshipeleven]

Won't this make any import of Librem 5 phone into China illegal?

Are they even going to sell to chinese people at all? I'm not under the impression that they are going to sell outside of the "western internet userbase" pool.

[Jabberwocky]

i wonder if they will try to push for wireguard out of the box?

You do know that Wireguard is not production ready yet?

[Drizzt321]

You do know that Wireguard is not production ready yet?

PIA has said so themselves, last September https://www.privateinternetaccess.co...-we-there-yet/ I'm sure it'll eventually get there, and I know they are supporting the project. Personally I hope much sooner rather than later, but I'm not even close to an expert on crypto/security.

[LaeMing]

Won't this make any import of Librem 5 phone into China illegal?

Won't this make any imports of Librem 5 phone into Australia illegal?

(Because our government makes Pi look rational!)

[fuzz]

You do know that Wireguard is not production ready yet?

You do know that you're not the only living being that knows things right?