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2019-08-25 , 18:35
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e. I doubt that a true "hardware kill switch" will work fine even for a separate modem, so I am really curious to see how these switches are implemented in the final schematics (of e.g. Librem and PinePhone) and / or to hear how well they works in practice.
For the Librem that has been clarified by Purism:
The kill switches of the Librem (for the cellular modem and WiFi chip; the cameras are not mentioned!) are located under the back cover and only to be toggled, when the device is completely off.
Hence this rather constitutes a permanent, but reversible hardware disablement, but nothing alike software switches for such components, which can be toggled any time.

While Librem's design is well feasible to engineer (in terms of hard- and software, if an external modem is utilised), it is hardly usable for disabling camera or modem temporarily.
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