What is A Graphene Phone?

A Graphene Phone at it's core is a Google Pixel Phone that has been heavily customised in order to ensure your smart phone operations are safe, private & secure. You get all of the benefits operating a smart phone with the proactive security & privacy focused design that comes with the brilliant Open Source Operating System: GrapheneOS.

When specially configured with the correct settings, application services & account structures, this device will stop common exploit & hacking tactics that hackers are using to attack your devices today. For us, it is the only way to ensure online safety in a world where our data is the biggest target of corporations & hackers.

What Are The Key Benefits of Graphene?

• Data Encryption - The Phone is entirely encrypted meaning no one can access your device data without your pin.
• Exploit Protection - Graphene boasts a range of counter exploits from 2G connection prevention to Hardened Memory Allocation to secure app spawning & much more.
  
• USB-C Port Protection - With full control over data & power from the USB port, you can protect yourself from advanced hidden scripting devices such as Rubber Ducky's or OMG cables.
• No Device Account - No more Apple or Samsung Accounts for, tracking, unwanted data syncing & need to opt into corporate privacy policies.
• Open Source - Development of GrapheneOS is available to the general public meaning that it is heavily scrutinized & bugs and exploits are regularly patched.
• Sandboxed Google Play - Allows normal functions of Google Play without giving it the special access privileges that it would typically be given by default in other phones. 
• App Permissions in Your Control - Access to things like sensors, location, network, camera, Bluetooth, etc. are restricted by default. All app permissions are opt-in & not decided for you by the apps themselves.
  

Why Not Other Smart Phones?

The harsh reality with all smartphones is they have grown so integrated with all of our lives meaning out of anything on the planet, it probably knows the most about you. Yet everything is connected at it's heart to some corporate entity & through this personal data is collected & stored.

Aside from the regular marketing & analytics research that are very subconsciously opted-in to, you may also recognise that services such as back ups & syncing are typically configured which means that your faith has to be in the provider to protect your data. Yet we hear almost daily that so and so large corporation has been hacked. Graphene is the chance to take control over your own personal data & restrict the big Tech Giants from deciding for you.

Cellular Control

You can restrict your device from connecting to old Network Types such as 2G which is commonly used in exploits on other devices.

Duress Password

Set up an optional unique pin code that when entered will immediately wipe you phone so the data can never be retrieved again.

App Store Freedom

You don't have to use a  provided app store that needs an account. There are many alternative means to downloading apps safely & privately.

OS Integrity Verification

Each instance of Graphene (based on chosen device) has a unique boot hash key that you can verify every time you launch the device to see if the system integrity has been compromised

Permission Control

Apps no longer explicitly have the ability to access your location, sensors, contacts, files & more. Every app you install has opt-in permissions that you get to decide.

Bloatware Free

Your phone comes with exactly what it needs & nothing more. No more add-on software that may collect data or tax the performance of your device.

Tracking

Your phone intentionally denies provision of carrier information such IMSI or IMEI numbers to most applications making it harder to track your device.

USB-C Control

Stop the the threat of OMG cable's or Rubber Ducky's immediately by restricting the only input of the phone for charging only.

A Virtual Private Network is an essential utility to protecting your online activity with active encryption when data is in transit. This makes sure hackers cannot intercept internet activity & potentially get access to vulnerable information.

As a secondary effect, a VPN will also natively prevent common hacking tactics such as man-in-the-middle attacks. Get the Proton Unlimited plan for a bundled premium VPN & mail service.



Proton pass is a comprehensive password manager & information service. For security, having passwords in a company or cloud based service might sound counter-intuitive.

But proton opt for extreme privacy & security ensuring that all of your information is encrypted & protected by the most substantial account security we have ever seen implemented. The core benefit is proton pass will help you to have optimal account security without the need to remember complex passwords.

Proton authenticator is a Time-Based One Time Password (TOTP) application designed to add an additional layer of security to your online accounts.

2FA is an essential service in modern security. But ensuring you have a security & privacy based company developing the service is the key. Proton by default do not need an account to operate or sync codes removing the vulnerability of hacking the authenticator account to gain immediate access to 2FA for several accounts. 

Aurora Store

Aurora store is our best pick for privatised app store systems. This store is an open source project that allows you to install & run almost any smartphone app without the need for google play services or an online account.

This means all of your app installs, searches & app store collected app activity will always be anonymised. We will typically have this store pre-loaded for your convenience.

Natively, text message & calling services completed over SMS or MMS protocols do not ensure your communications are encrypted. This means local based hackers & government representatives may be able to intercept communications.

Signal is an open source end-to-end encrypted communications platform that is a significantly better alternative to messaging & calls. Not only this, compared to other services such as iMessage & Whatsapp, signal implements active features to reduce your risk of ever contracting spyware such as pegasus.

Graphene phone on their own are very powerful in determining & preventing common issues when it comes to compromised apps or spyware, but it cannot account for the ever-growing landscape of malware threats that you may accidentally opt-in to.

After testing all of the big players in security, we have determined that Malwarebytes is the most effective anti-virus system that genuinely finds & protects your device against old & emerging threats. Adding a Malwarebytes Premium Mobile Security to your device makes certain you are prepared for the worst case scenario.

Although, your new safe phone comes with a very secure browser in vanadium. Sometimes the restrictive fingerprinting & ad blocking can lead to some difficulty operating certain websites.

Brave is a well rounded chromium based browser solution tailored & designed for advanced ad blocking & fingerprinting while maintaining reasonable compatibility with most online services.