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Grapheneos - perhaps the most protected mobile operating system

Grapheneos is an open source mobile operating system (OS). It is based on Android Open Source Project and was originally created with an emphasis on the safety and privacy of users. The OS can be installed exclusively on the Google Pixel line phones and tablets. So far, only these devices meet the requirements of Grapheneos developers to hardware and quickly receive corrections of identified vulnerabilities.

Grapheneos includes many improvements compared to conventional Android. Including it allows:

• emergency and reliably delete user data;
• configure automatic rebooting the phone;
• limit the use or disconnect the USB altogether;
• Use two-factor unlocking, simultaneously requiring a fingerprint and pin code.

By the end of 2024, more than 250 thousand devices were used by Grapheneos. Some third -party companies sell phones with a preinstalled OS (and the Nitrokey project, for example, in addition, offers to physically remove microphones, cameras and sensors from the gadget - if you need additional protection measures). But Grapheneos developers recommend users to independently install the operating system on their devices.

In July 2024, they published screenshots of the Cellebrite documentation, the most famous company engaged in the production of equipment for hacking androids and iPhones. At that time, Cellebrite could in some cases open both modern iPhones and Google Pixel with a standard android, but could not cope with Grapheneos. Judging by the new leak, after six months, nothing fundamentally changed.