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by mimsee 983 days ago
I wonder where they've set the bar in terms of security. Are the phones 99% manufactured in China, but ship two pieces, screw them together and call it 'Made in EU'. Are the phones shipped in some tamper evident bags or have anti-interdiction like Librem 5[0]? Have they build any advanced security features for the phone, or is it mainly for ticking a box in some compliance 'yes yes, a local made phone'.

[0]: https://puri.sm/posts/anti-interdiction-on-the-librem-5-usa/

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The current HMD models are being manufactured by Foxconn in China and there's also a wide range of Foxconn middleware running on the phones. Foxconn also has a factory in Hungary, so probably the manufacturing partner is the same for these European made models too. I don't know if there's any difference in the security posture.
Foxconn is Taiwanese.

I would take Taiwanese hardware made on European ground over stuff made in the PRC anytime.

True, but Foxconn has factories in the PRC
The Nokia phones were "Android One" at least when the one I'm typing this was made so should be straightforward Android.

The main change I do is to use Niagara launcher and Firefox browser.

Purism doesn't do anything to secure the connection between their supplier and themselves, so I don't think I would consider them the best example: https://www.reddit.com/r/Purism/comments/my8u2l/psa_librem_1...