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Hold the phone! Here's another made (mostly) in America smartphone The Purism smartphone will set you back a few thousand but may be worth it to security seekers By James R. Hood of ConsumerAffairs June 23, 2025 The $499 gold-plated Trump Mobile phone isn't quite ready yet, we're told, but if you're looking for a super-secure, made-mostly-in-America smartphone, you might want to look at the Liberty phone, manufactured by Purism. It will cost you $1,999 for the base model, which is designed around security and domestic electronics, not gee-whiz consumer features in a made-in-China package. Purism also makes a line of laptops and desktop computers, all based on its own version of Linux, the free, open-source software that powers most of the internet and all kinds of industrial-grade operations. Company founder Todd Weaver admits there's a small market for high-priced, slightly scaled-down computers and phones but says there's a growing number of government and business customers who are looking for devices that are designed to resist tracking, viruses, malware and other common plagues that run rampant among big-name brands. A big part of this is sourcing most of the components from domestic suppliers. That reduces the possibility of undetected "backdoors" and other skullduggery that can allow intruders foreign and domestic to gain access to your data and track your whereabouts. Supply chain always a challenge For now, one modulein the Liberty phone a modemcomes from China and a wifi cardcomes from India. Everything else is domestic, t

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