Includes encrypted chat, email, VPN, and social platform

Apr 30, 2019 15:30 GMT  ·  By

Purism, the company behind the Librem laptops and phone powered by a Linux-based operating system, announced today a privacy-focused suite of applications for Android, iOS, and Linux platforms.

Tired of the privacy issues with the big tech companies like Google, Facebook, and Apple, Purism decided to launch a suite of apps that truly respects user's privacy, doesn't track users' activity, do not show ads, nor analyze or sell your data. The Librem One suite aims to offers alternatives to your most used apps on iOS and Android.

Librem One currently consists of an end-to-end encrypted chat app, end-to-end encrypted email client, end-to-end encrypted VPN solution, as well as a social network platform for everyone. In the near future, the Librem One suite will also include end-to-end encrypted cloud storage, payments, and phone service for the upcoming Librem 5 Linux phone by Purism.

"With all the recent news surrounding the privacy problems of Google, Apple, Facebook, and others, Librem One is coming onto the scene at the right time for the right reasons. While attempting to pivotto caring about privacy, Facebook has consistently provenincapable of respecting people," said Purism. "Google has also had its fair shareof privacy invading issues."

Librem One is now available for Android and iOS, coming soon to PureOS

Starting today, users can access the Librem One software bundle that includes Librem Chat offering end-to-end encrypted chat, VoIP, and video calling features, Librem Mail offering an end-to-end encrypted email solution, Librem Tunnel offering an end-to-end encrypted VPN tunnel solution, as well as Librem Social, a public social media platform with millions of active users.

While Android users can install the Librem Chat, Librem Mail, Librem Tunnel, and Librem Social apps on all their devices from the Google Play store, iOS users can install the Librem Chat and Librem Tunnel apps on both iPhone and iPad devices, and the Librem Social app only on iPhone devices from the App Store. Librem One is also coming soon to PureOS, Purism's own Linux OS based on Debian GNU/Linux.

Librem One is a subscription-based service that users can enjoy for $7.99 USD per month or $71.91 USD per year no matter the platform used. A basic tier consisting only of the Librem Chat encrypted chat and Librem Social social media platform is available as well for a "pay-what-you-want" subscription that varies from free to $5.99 USD per month. More details about Librem One and bundles are available on the official website.

Librem Chat app
Librem Chat app
Librem Mail app
Librem Mail app
Librem Social app
Librem Social app
Librem Tunnel app
Librem Tunnel app

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