Is Lightning safe?

Lightweight web browser with following features: Fast Start Times Small Footprint Smooth Scrolling Long-press a tab to delete it Long-press the back button to exit the browser Ad blocker The old, archived version was known as acr.browser.barebones.

Developer: Anthony Restaino
Category: Browser
Earliest archived version: 02 Nov 2019
License: MPL-2.0 (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDacr.browser.lightning

Latest APK SHA-256820f4f9977a20b060b4091db2b35cff8cd360e060f94aa742255c845747a2d7f

Signing certificateFE:63:EB:79:4A:51:EF:48:6D:2A:B6:33:ED:87:62:8C:8F:7D:F6:56:FC:A2:D9:7C:B2:18:26:10:A3:8A:CA:3B

MIN ANDROID19TARGET29ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi · armeabi-v7a · mips

03 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

5.1.002 Nov 201919+arm64-v8a, armeabi, armeabi-v7a, mips→

04 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

Authentic — file hash matches the source indexReview the flags below before installing

IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source

SourceOpen-source · fdroid

Permissions9 declared · 5 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessACCESS_FINE_LOCATIONCAMERAREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGERECORD_AUDIOWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.CAMERA android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE com.android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

05 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗