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The Ghost Phone: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

A consistently updated repository of all the most Basic Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for the Ghost Phone + Tablet.

The Ghost Phone: A Step-by-Step Guide to a Successful Start

A step-by-step guide that will walk you through the process of successfully getting started on your new Ghost Phone.

The Ghost Phone: Migrating Contacts, Phone Logs, Texts, Pictures, Files and SIM cards

Unless you plan to start completely fresh on your new device, you'll need to spend some time migrating your contacts, phone logs, texts and files.

The Ghost Phone: A Complete List of Applications Installed

The most current list of apps installed on The Ghost Phone.

The Ghost Phone: A Guide to What Apps Work or Don't Work and Why

Customers frequently ask us if certain applications will work on the Ghost Phone. The short answer is, "YES!"

Healthy Alternatives to BigTech Devices, Software and Platforms

A consolidated list of the ever growing and evolving BigTech alternatives that we have vetted and do support.

Safe Email Alternatives and How to Setup or Migrate Successfully

Learn what exactly email is, a few vetted email alternatives worth considering, and how to safely migrate your current email to a new provider.

Comparing Ghost Phones: Which One is Best for You?

Can't decide which device is the right fit for you? Here's a quick guide that might help...

FOSS Apps: What Are They and Are They Safe?

Here we'll dive into what exactly Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) apps are, discuss how to find them, how to evaluate if they're actually secure, and how to install them safely on your Ghost Phone running GrapheneOS.

Is the Signal Messenger App "Safe"?

SignalGate: The Illusion of Privacy in a Surveillance State

Tracking Apps & Privacy Phones: Addressing the Contradiction

...this brings us to an important crossroads between convenience taking precedence over privacy.

The Apple Privacy Illusion: Marketing vs. Reality

If you've watched any Apple marketing over the past decade, you've undoubtedly seen their carefully crafted image as the tech company that actually cares about your privacy. But this entire narrative is built on marketing sleight of hand rather than technical reality.

LIVE Training Class Resources

A Wake-Up Call

We're living in a time where comfort has become our cage. Most of us know something's wrong. We feel it in our bones. But we keep hitting snooze on reality.

Starting Your Digital Privacy Journey in 3 Simple Steps

A simple step-by-step guide that will help you start your journey toward a more private and secure digital life.

The Ghost Phone: A Simple Guide to Backup and Restore Your GrapheneOS Device(s)

How to backup and restore your GrapheneOS Ghost Phone or Tablet device.

Freedom > Slavery

A Manifesto from our Co-Founder Sean Patrick Tario (June 27th '22)

Digital Privacy Bootcamp Live Training

The Digital Privacy Bootcamp is the core to the live training we offer to groups across the country.

The Ghost Phone & Tablet: Troubleshooting

An ever growing and updated list of the most common trouble shooting questions for those up and running on the phone.

Ghost Laptop: Migration & General Navigation Guide

This guide walks you through setting up your Ghost Laptop and using Zorin OS, an intuitive, stable, and high-performance Linux operating system designed to work seamlessly on almost any computer.

Ghost Laptop: ZorinOS & Linux Troubleshooting

A complete updated list of the most common trouble shooting questions related to the Ghost Laptop

The Truth About EMF & 5G

Electromagnetic Frequencies (EMFs) are everywhere and growing in intensity with no end in sight. It's worse than you think... but all is not lost.

SAR Values and Radiation Levels from Smart Phones

We put together a quick listing of "SAR Values" for some of the most popular phones in the market, as well as our own Ghost Phones, while providing some related information and needed context to keep you informed and armed to speak intelligently on this topic.

Is the New UnPlugged Phone A Scam?

The top 5 reasons we are a "hard pass" on the Unplugged Phone (aka "The UP Phone") after doing some research on the device and the team behind it.

The Best Big Tech Memes

A mountain of anti BigTech memes. #BoycottBigTech

Updating Your Device(s) is Now a Good Thing: Learn Why and How

Learn why updating our device(s) is now a GOOD thing and no longer something to be feared.

Helpful Digital Privacy Focused Interviews, Articles and Videos

A complete list of available podcasts, radio shows, articles and videos online that encourage you to ditch BigTech once and for all.

The Ghost Phone: A Helpful Guide to Understand OEM Support for GrapheneOS

The Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a Ghost Phone devices are no longer receiving "official production support" by GrapheneOS. This post addresses this head on and answer the basic question, "Does this matter? ...and if so why or why not?"

Is Going Ghost and Digital Privacy a Myth?

Is "Going Ghost" really even possible while still using smart phones and laptops and living in the surveillance state that we have now?

Your Smart Phone is a Deadly Weapon

Our smart phones, and the various applications running on them, indeed have been designed to be deadly psychological warfare weapons for mass consumption from the very beginning.

A Step-by-Step Guide to Installing GrapheneOS

Learn how to install the most private and secure open source mobile operating system on your own phone!

A Quick Guide to Coreboot

What is Coreboot and is it absolutely essential to have for a private and secure laptop / desktop running Linux?

Resource FAQ

Do You Actually NEED a Smartphone? Hard Truths About Tech Dependency

Let me ask you a simple question that might make you uncomfortable:

Do you actually need a smartphone?

Not want. Not prefer. Not find convenient. NEED.