[$] Steps toward a privacy-preserving phone

What kind of cell phone would emerge from a concerted effort to design privacy in fromthe beginning, using free software as much as possible? Someanswers are provided by a crowdfunding campaign launched inAugust by Purism SPC, which has used two suchcampaigns successfully in the past to build a business around securelaptops. The Librem 5, with a five-inch screen and radio chip forcommunicating with cell phone companies, represents Purism's hope to bringthe same privacy-enhancing vision to the mobile space, which is much moredemanding in its threats, technology components, and user experience.