Is Acutis Firewall safe?

Acutis Firewall is a parental control app that protects your family by blocking adult content, malware, and dangerous websites. All filtering happens locally on your device for maximum privacy. Key Features Content Protection • Block adult and pornographic websites with a comprehensive blocklist • Protect against malware and phishing attacks with real-time DNS filtering • Optional blocking for ga…

Developer: phasnox
Category: Firewall
Earliest archived version: 07 Sept 2026
License: MIT (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

07 Sept 2026

1.0.6

New: uninstall protection - stops the app being uninstalled without the parent PIN • Removing protection now asks for the PIN, and alerts you if it is removed anyway • Detects when app storage has been cleared, which wipes the PIN • Fix: the notification's "Disable Firewall" action no longer…

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.acutis.firewall

Latest APK SHA-25662242d0622d0932c66597392ff00de125b23d61b111be54739092fb4b0d9cb8e

Signing certificateB5:B1:7F:C6:F5:48:A8:92:76:5C:41:ED:E2:FD:5E:C0:41:34:E2:8C:D1:0A:65:2E:D0:EA:96:1A:B6:42:69:EB

MIN ANDROID29TARGET35ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.0.607 Sept 202629+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→

05 / 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

Permissions8 declared · 0 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessNo sensitive permissions

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.WAKE_LOCK com.acutis.firewall.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

06 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗