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OwnPhone: privacy phone without Google, from hardware to operating system
The OwnPhone is a privacy phone without Google. Your phone, your data, your rules: no mandatory accounts, no tracking and nothing you didn't choose yourself.
Your data stays on your device or syncs securely to the decentralized ThreeFold network.
What makes the OwnPhone different
The OwnPhone puts you in charge of your digital life. No apps tracking you or designed to keep you hooked. No data collection. This smartphone works for you: user-friendly, private, and fully under your control.
No required accounts or hidden tracking
Use your phone without mandatory online accounts, without conditions you didn’t choose, and without silent data collection happening in the background.
Decide where your data lives: locally or on the decentralized internet
You choose where your data is stored, either on your phone or securely in your personal Nextcloud environment on the decentralized ThreeFold internet. No Big Tech involved.
Built from the ground up without Google
Most privacy phones start with an existing Android device and remove Google from it. The OwnPhone goes further: Volla hardware built in Germany — not a refurbished Samsung or Pixel — and YOS, an OS written from scratch without Google. No hidden services. Privacy is the foundation, not a patch.
Built for focus, not distraction
A smartphone without bloatware, unnecessary distractions, or apps designed to hijack your attention. The OwnPhone includes everything you need and nothing you don’t. Its lightweight, open-source OS, YOS, is designed to give you control, not steal your focus. The interface is customizable, just like Android. And thanks to multiboot, you can also choose to start in Ubuntu Touch, a privacy-first alternative that takes your digital autonomy even further.
Say goodbye to hidden costs of your smartphone.
What seems convenient often comes at a high price: every click, every move, every word is quietly recorded, analyzed and linked to your digital profile.Not for your convenience, but for commercial gain and behavioral influence. And that’s not all.
All that data ends up in massive data centers owned by a handful of large companies. They consume enormous amounts of energy, strain natural resources and leave a heavy ecological footprint.
While you scroll, you feed a system built on control, depletion and profit maximization.
OwnPhone breaks that.
With this privacy phone, your data stays on your own device or is securely stored on the energy‑efficient, decentralized internet of ThreeFold.
Trusted by pioneers who care about digital freedom
Connected to a better internet
The OwnPhone is connected to the internet of the future: ThreeFold.
A global network for data storage, computing power, and communication—powered by the capacity of its users. No Big Tech. No intermediaries.
Through a private Nextcloud environment on your phone, you can securely store your files on this network.
And with Mycelium, ThreeFold’s new peer-to-peer communication protocol, you’ll soon be able to connect and communicate directly—without telecom providers or third parties.
Take control of your digital life
Stop sharing your data without knowing with whom. No tracking. No silent data collection.
You decide what happens.
OwnPhone is the phone that works for you, not for others.
