Is HomeBot safe?

HomeBot enables you to remap the home button long press on you smartphone. You can set the following: Opening an app Opening a web page Toggling the flashlight Opening the recent apps screen Toggling brightness The app doesn't need root but has to be set as your Assistant app in Settings Apps Advanced Default apps Assist & voice input

Developer: abast
Category: System
Earliest archived version: 14 Nov 2019
License: MIT (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.abast.homebot

Latest APK SHA-2560d358c85c2da5c2743b2f5a681fd173d297d0be302eb3c79b504c461ce4ad644

Signing certificate8D:44:47:7D:D8:AD:62:D3:1E:CC:4E:3D:A6:12:AA:18:E0:5F:D6:83:07:D9:79:1F:D8:E0:40:ED:F7:C2:DC:4D

MIN ANDROID23TARGET28ARCHITECTURE

03 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.214 Nov 201923+→

04 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

Authentic — file hash matches the source indexNo ads or tracking flagged by the source

IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source

SourceOpen-source · fdroid

Permissions6 declared · 2 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGEWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Declared permissions

android.permission.MANAGE_DOCUMENTS android.permission.PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS 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↗