NitroTablet 1 - Most Secure Android on the Planet
The NitroTablet offers the security, privacy and ease of use of the NitroPhone in familiar 11" tablet format. Long-term software updates until 2028 guarantee sustainability and a low price per time. The NitroTablet is based on the high-quality Pixel Tablet hardware and GrapheneOS, the most hardened Android for professionals. Gain full control of your tablet without Google and Apple!
Optional: Removed microphones, sensors and cameras make eavesdropping on the environment physically impossible. Phone calls are made with optional headset. In addition, all radio modules can be removed to physically prevent unintentional radio communication. An Internet connection is established via USB-C network adapter.
"If I were configuring a smartphone today, I'd use DanielMicay's GrapheneOS as the base operating system. I'd desolder the microphones." Edward Snowden, NSA whistleblower
Physical Tamper Protection
- Strong encryption and Titan M2 security chip protects your device and data against sophisticated physical attacks.
- Verified boot ensures that your operating system has not been modified.
- Automatic kill switch: Automatically shutdown after inactivity of configured time period.
- PIN layout scrambling, together with privacy screen (not included), allow entering PIN in public without being watched. Alternatively: integrated fingerprint sensor.
- The NitroTablet is delivered in a sealed box.
Protection From Spyware and Zero-Day Exploits
- Substantially hardened Android 14 for high security demands (e.g. hardened stock apps, libc, malloc, compiler toolchain, kernel, filesystem access, WebView).
- All apps are sandboxed to protect against exploitable and malicious apps.
- Hardened browser, WebView and PDF viewer.
- No waiting for months for updates but lightning-fast distribution of security updates until 2028.
- Optional: For very high security requirements, all microphones and acceleration and rotation sensors can be removed. This is because acceleration and rotation sensors could be used as microphones. This physically prevents conversations in the environment from being recorded. Phone calls can still be made with an external headset.
- Optionally without wireless modules: On request, we remove all wireless modules so that the NitroTablet can only be connected securely by cable.
Privacy Protection: No Tracking, No Google
- No cloud or Google Play Services integration by default, all under your control. If required, original Google Play Services can be installed as sandboxed apps without special privileges. This novel approach leads to much better compatibility than incomplete reimplementations like microG while providing higher security.
- Tracking protection: Apps can't access device serial numbers, MAC address etc.
- Per-connection MAC randomization prevents tracking by nearby WiFi scanners.
- Firewall: Granular network and sensors permissions toggle for each app.
- Default Indicators for active camera, microphone, and location.
Inexpensive and Sustainable
- For industrialized tablets, a long lifespan is the most effective way to reduce resource consumption per user. As with hardly any other Android tablets, security updates are provided for the NitroTablet for up to 5 years, namely until 2028. Calculated over this lifetime, the device only costs from €0.55 per day.
Easy Usability for Everybody
- No bloatware. Minimal secure system with few apps by default. Additional apps can be installed manually; updates have to be confirmed.
- End-to-end encrypted automatic backups to USB drive or to any cloud storage (e.g. Nextcloud).
Open Source and Attestation
- Open source allows checking for backdoors.
- Remote attestation: hardware-based verification of the authenticity and integrity of tablet's software.
Secure Messenger
We recommend the end-to-end encrypted and privacy-friendly messengers Signal and NitroChat. Alternatively, you can run Matrix on your own server.
Who Needs NitroTablet?
- People who want to use a privacy-friendly tablet (without Google, without Apple).
- Executives, VIPs and professionals who need a secure tablet for sensitive data and communication.
- Companies and authorities who want to provide their employees a secure tablet.
- Journalists, activists and NGOs who need to protect themselves and their contacts.
Hardware
- Google Pixel Tablet, Hazel-colored
- Variants without microphones, sensors, cameras, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or USB can have a white screen frame.
- RAM: 8 GB
- Display: 278.13 mm, 2560 x 1600 pixel, 276 ppi
- Front camera: 8 MP
- Rear camera: 8 MP
- Processor (CPU): Google Tensor G2 Octa-core, max. 2.85 GHz
- Titan M2 security chip
- Ports: USB-C 3.2 Gen 1
- Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax), Bluetooth 5.2
- Fingerprint sensor integrated in power button
- Dimensions: 169 (height) x 258 (width) x 8.1 (depth) mm
- Weight: 493 g
Scope of Delivery
- Google Pixel Tablet, Hazel-colored
- USB-C to USB-C cable
- Charging dock with speaker is NOT included anymore!
Why Google Pixel Tablet?
- Unlike most other devices, Pixel Tablet include a Titan M2 secure element that enables Verified Boot.
- Pixel Tablet are supported by Android by default, so security updates can be distributed quickly.
- Pixel Tablet allow installation of custom software such as GrapheneOS. Ironically, this makes them some of the best hardware for Google-free smartphones.
Comparison With e.g. LineageOS, CalyxOS, /e/
LineageOS, CalyxOS, /e/ and other Android distributions essentially rely on the standard Android which only comes with its own selection of apps. GrapheneOS, on the other hand, is an elaborately hardened Android and should therefore be seen as its own operating system. In addition, some of the distributions mentioned at the beginning provide security updates late.
Comparison With Linux Phones
Establishing Linux for smartphones as a third ecosystem alongside iOS and Android is a promising goal. In addition to thousands of existing applications, user freedom, transparency and security, the usability on both smartphones and large screens is compelling. Unfortunately, "Linux for Smartphones" is not yet mature enough for most users. In order to offer our customers a professionally usable, stable and secure tablet, we have chosen GrapheneOS.
Therefore Nitrokey
We make security products, like the NitroTablet, accessible to technically inexperienced people. Enterprises and professionals appreciate that they do not have to deal with technical details. In addition, we bear the risk of technical defects during production and still sell the NitroTablet with standard warranty. In addition, we offer technical customer support. Optionally, we remove microphones, sensors, cameras and radio modules from the NitroTablet.
Legal Notice
Nitrokey has modified this device, originally manufactured by Google, without Google's consent. Any Google trademarks on this product merely indicate the original product and are not used by Nitrokey as trademarks.