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[See here](docs/hardware/).
+Will the Purism laptops be supported?
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+
+Short answer: no.
+
+There are severe privacy, security and freedom issues with these laptops, due
+to the Intel chipsets that they use. See:
+
+- [Intel Management Engine](#intelme)
+- [More freedom issues on modern Intel hardware](#intel)
+
+Most notably, these laptops also use the Intel FSP binary blob, for the entire
+hardware initialization. Coreboot does support a particular revision of one of
+their laptops, but most are either unsupported or rely on binary blobs for most
+of the hardware initialization.
+
+In particular, the Intel Management Engine is a severe threat to privacy and
+security, not to mention freedom, since it is a remote backdoor that provides
+Intel remote access to a computer where it is present.
+
+Intel themselves even admitted it, publicly.
+
+The Libreboot project recommends avoiding all hardware sold by Purism.
+
Why is the latest Intel hardware unsupported in libreboot? {#intel}
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