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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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