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== Features ==
==Features==
GrapheneOS advertises a multitude of features; most focusing on security. Although a more detailed list of features is provided at their [https://grapheneos.org/features website], a general list includes:  
GrapheneOS advertises a multitude of features; most focusing on security. Although a more detailed list of features is provided at their [https://grapheneos.org/features website], a general list includes:  


# 0-Day Exploit Defense<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 Aug 2025 |title=GrapheneOS Features Overview {{!}} Exploit Protection |url=https://grapheneos.org/features#exploit-protection |url-status=live |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |website=grapheneos.org}}</ref>
#0-Day Exploit Defense<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 Aug 2025 |title=GrapheneOS Features Overview {{!}} Exploit Protection |url=https://grapheneos.org/features#exploit-protection |url-status=live |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |website=grapheneos.org}}</ref>
# Attack surface reduction<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 Aug 2025 |title=GrapheneOS Features Overview {{!}} Attack Surface Reduction |url=https://grapheneos.org/features#attack-surface-reduction |url-status=live |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |website=grapheneos.org}}</ref>
#Attack surface reduction<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 Aug 2025 |title=GrapheneOS Features Overview {{!}} Attack Surface Reduction |url=https://grapheneos.org/features#attack-surface-reduction |url-status=live |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |website=grapheneos.org}}</ref>
# Hardened USB-C Port and Pogo Pins control<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 Aug 2025 |title=GrapheneOS Features Overview {{!}} USB-C And Pogo Pins Control |url=https://grapheneos.org/features#usb-c-port-and-pogo-pins-control |url-status=live |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |website=grapheneos.org}}</ref>
#Hardened USB-C Port and Pogo Pins control<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 Aug 2025 |title=GrapheneOS Features Overview {{!}} USB-C And Pogo Pins Control |url=https://grapheneos.org/features#usb-c-port-and-pogo-pins-control |url-status=live |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |website=grapheneos.org}}</ref>
# Improved Sandboxing<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 Aug 2025 |title=GrapheneOS Features Overview {{!}} Improved Sandboxing |url=https://grapheneos.org/features#improved-sandboxing |url-status=live |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |website=grapheneos.org}}</ref>
#Improved Sandboxing<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 Aug 2025 |title=GrapheneOS Features Overview {{!}} Improved Sandboxing |url=https://grapheneos.org/features#improved-sandboxing |url-status=live |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |website=grapheneos.org}}</ref>
# Network Permission Toggle<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 Aug 2025 |title=GrapheneOS Features Overview {{!}} Network Permission Toggle |url=https://grapheneos.org/features#network-permission-toggle |url-status=live |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |website=grapheneos.org}}</ref>
#Network Permission Toggle<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 Aug 2025 |title=GrapheneOS Features Overview {{!}} Network Permission Toggle |url=https://grapheneos.org/features#network-permission-toggle |url-status=live |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |website=grapheneos.org}}</ref>
# Sensors Permission Toggle<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 Aug 2025 |title=GrapheneOS Features Overview {{!}} Sensors Permission Toggle |url=https://grapheneos.org/features#sensors-permission-toggle |url-status=live |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |website=grapheneos.org}}</ref>
#Sensors Permission Toggle<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 Aug 2025 |title=GrapheneOS Features Overview {{!}} Sensors Permission Toggle |url=https://grapheneos.org/features#sensors-permission-toggle |url-status=live |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |website=grapheneos.org}}</ref>
# Storage Scopes<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 Aug 2025 |title=GrapheneOS Features Overview {{!}} Storage Scopes |url=https://grapheneos.org/features#storage-scopes |url-status=live |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |website=grapheneos.org}}</ref>
#Storage Scopes<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 Aug 2025 |title=GrapheneOS Features Overview {{!}} Storage Scopes |url=https://grapheneos.org/features#storage-scopes |url-status=live |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |website=grapheneos.org}}</ref>
# Contact Scopes<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 Aug 2025 |title=GrapheneOS Features Overview {{!}} Contact Scopes |url=https://grapheneos.org/features#contact-scopes |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |website=grapheneos.org}}</ref>
#Contact Scopes<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 Aug 2025 |title=GrapheneOS Features Overview {{!}} Contact Scopes |url=https://grapheneos.org/features#contact-scopes |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |website=grapheneos.org}}</ref>
# Private Screenshots<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 Aug 2025 |title=GrapheneOS Features Overview {{!}} Private Screenshots |url=https://grapheneos.org/features#private-screenshots |url-status=live |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |website=grapheneos.org}}</ref>
#Private Screenshots<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 Aug 2025 |title=GrapheneOS Features Overview {{!}} Private Screenshots |url=https://grapheneos.org/features#private-screenshots |url-status=live |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |website=grapheneos.org}}</ref>
# Pin Scrambling<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 Aug 2025 |title=GrapheneOS Features Overview {{!}} Pin Scrambling |url=https://grapheneos.org/features#pin-scrambling |url-status=live |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |website=grapheneos.org}}</ref>
#Pin Scrambling<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 Aug 2025 |title=GrapheneOS Features Overview {{!}} Pin Scrambling |url=https://grapheneos.org/features#pin-scrambling |url-status=live |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |website=grapheneos.org}}</ref>
# Two-Factor Fingerprint Unlock<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 Aug 2025 |title=GrapheneOS Features Overview {{!}} Two Factor Fingerprint Unlock |url=https://grapheneos.org/features#two-factor-fingerprint-unlock |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |website=grapheneos.org}}</ref>
#Two-Factor Fingerprint Unlock<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 Aug 2025 |title=GrapheneOS Features Overview {{!}} Two Factor Fingerprint Unlock |url=https://grapheneos.org/features#two-factor-fingerprint-unlock |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |website=grapheneos.org}}</ref>


and more...<ref>{{Cite web |title=GrapheneOS Features Overview |url=https://grapheneos.org/features |url-status=live |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |website=grapheneos.org}}</ref>
and more...<ref>{{Cite web |title=GrapheneOS Features Overview |url=https://grapheneos.org/features |url-status=live |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |website=grapheneos.org}}</ref>


== Reception ==
==Reception==


=== Positive ===
===Positive===
German Security Researcher and Pentester Kuketz said that it was the "...gold standard of Android ROMs...".<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 Aug 2025 |title=GrapheneOS: Der Goldstandard unter den Android-ROMs – Custom-ROMs Teil7 |url=https://www.kuketz-blog.de/grapheneos-der-goldstandard-unter-den-android-roms-custom-roms-teil7/ |url-status=live |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |website=kuketz-blog.de}}</ref>
German Security Researcher and Pentester Kuketz said that it was the "...gold standard of Android ROMs...".<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 Aug 2025 |title=GrapheneOS: Der Goldstandard unter den Android-ROMs – Custom-ROMs Teil7 |url=https://www.kuketz-blog.de/grapheneos-der-goldstandard-unter-den-android-roms-custom-roms-teil7/ |url-status=live |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |website=kuketz-blog.de}}</ref>


Cellularnews.com stated "GrapheneOS is arguably the best mobile operating system in terms of privacy and security."<ref>{{Cite news |first=Diane |date=23 Nov 2023 |title=GrapheneOS: A Hardened Android Alternative (Review) |url=https://cellularnews.com/mobile-operating-systems/grapheneos-review/ |url-status=live |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |work=[[Cellular News]]}}</ref>
Cellularnews.com stated "GrapheneOS is arguably the best mobile operating system in terms of privacy and security."<ref>{{Cite news |first=Diane |date=23 Nov 2023 |title=GrapheneOS: A Hardened Android Alternative (Review) |url=https://cellularnews.com/mobile-operating-systems/grapheneos-review/ |url-status=live |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |work=[[Cellular News]]}}</ref>


=== Negative ===
===Negative===
[[Louis Rossmann - Video Directory|Louis Rossmann]], a consumer rights advocate and influencer, praised the project, but criticized the Lead Developer, Daniel Micay, for a conversation between the two which accuses Rossmann of promoting harassment, slander, and attempted murder of Micay for commenting on a Techlore video stating: "This is informative, and unfortunate." Micay subsequently threatened to ban Rossmann from their [[Matrix]] channel, and accused him of being discriminatory of people with autism.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rossmann |first=Louis |date=26 May 2023 |title=Why I deleted GrapheneOS |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4To-F6W1NT0 |url-status=live |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |website=youtube.com}}</ref>
[[Louis Rossmann - Video Directory|Louis Rossmann]], a consumer rights advocate and influencer, praised the project, but criticized the Lead Developer, Daniel Micay. A conversation between the two accused Rossmann of promoting harassment, slander, and attempted murder of Micay for commenting on a Techlore video stating: "This is informative, and unfortunate." Micay subsequently threatened to ban Rossmann from their [[Matrix]] channel, and accused him of being discriminatory of people with autism.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rossmann |first=Louis |date=26 May 2023 |title=Why I deleted GrapheneOS |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4To-F6W1NT0 |url-status=live |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |website=youtube.com}}</ref>


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Revision as of 01:31, 13 August 2025

GrapheneOS, formerly known as CopperheadOS, is an open-source, security-focused, and Android-based operating system.[1] As of 2025, GrapheneOS only officially supports Google's Pixel product line because it is the only product that meets their security standard.



GrapheneOS
Basic Information
Release Year 2019
Product Type Operating System
In Production Constant
Official Website grapheneos.org


Features

GrapheneOS advertises a multitude of features; most focusing on security. Although a more detailed list of features is provided at their website, a general list includes:

  1. 0-Day Exploit Defense[2]
  2. Attack surface reduction[3]
  3. Hardened USB-C Port and Pogo Pins control[4]
  4. Improved Sandboxing[5]
  5. Network Permission Toggle[6]
  6. Sensors Permission Toggle[7]
  7. Storage Scopes[8]
  8. Contact Scopes[9]
  9. Private Screenshots[10]
  10. Pin Scrambling[11]
  11. Two-Factor Fingerprint Unlock[12]

and more...[13]

Reception

Positive

German Security Researcher and Pentester Kuketz said that it was the "...gold standard of Android ROMs...".[14]

Cellularnews.com stated "GrapheneOS is arguably the best mobile operating system in terms of privacy and security."[15]

Negative

Louis Rossmann, a consumer rights advocate and influencer, praised the project, but criticized the Lead Developer, Daniel Micay. A conversation between the two accused Rossmann of promoting harassment, slander, and attempted murder of Micay for commenting on a Techlore video stating: "This is informative, and unfortunate." Micay subsequently threatened to ban Rossmann from their Matrix channel, and accused him of being discriminatory of people with autism.[16]

References

  1. "GrapheneOS". grapheneos.org. 12 Aug 2025. Archived from the original on 12 Aug 2025. Retrieved 12 Aug 2025.
  2. "GrapheneOS Features Overview | Exploit Protection". grapheneos.org. 12 Aug 2025. Retrieved 12 Aug 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "GrapheneOS Features Overview | Attack Surface Reduction". grapheneos.org. 12 Aug 2025. Retrieved 12 Aug 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "GrapheneOS Features Overview | USB-C And Pogo Pins Control". grapheneos.org. 12 Aug 2025. Retrieved 12 Aug 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "GrapheneOS Features Overview | Improved Sandboxing". grapheneos.org. 12 Aug 2025. Retrieved 12 Aug 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "GrapheneOS Features Overview | Network Permission Toggle". grapheneos.org. 12 Aug 2025. Retrieved 12 Aug 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "GrapheneOS Features Overview | Sensors Permission Toggle". grapheneos.org. 12 Aug 2025. Retrieved 12 Aug 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. "GrapheneOS Features Overview | Storage Scopes". grapheneos.org. 12 Aug 2025. Retrieved 12 Aug 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. "GrapheneOS Features Overview | Contact Scopes". grapheneos.org. 12 Aug 2025. Retrieved 12 Aug 2025.
  10. "GrapheneOS Features Overview | Private Screenshots". grapheneos.org. 12 Aug 2025. Retrieved 12 Aug 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. "GrapheneOS Features Overview | Pin Scrambling". grapheneos.org. 12 Aug 2025. Retrieved 12 Aug 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. "GrapheneOS Features Overview | Two Factor Fingerprint Unlock". grapheneos.org. 12 Aug 2025. Retrieved 12 Aug 2025.
  13. "GrapheneOS Features Overview". grapheneos.org. Retrieved 12 Aug 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. "GrapheneOS: Der Goldstandard unter den Android-ROMs – Custom-ROMs Teil7". kuketz-blog.de. 12 Aug 2025. Retrieved 12 Aug 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. "GrapheneOS: A Hardened Android Alternative (Review)". Cellular News. 23 Nov 2023. Retrieved 12 Aug 2025. {{cite news}}: |first= missing |last= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. Rossmann, Louis (26 May 2023). "Why I deleted GrapheneOS". youtube.com. Retrieved 12 Aug 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)