Is Sentinel Lens safe?

Sentinel Lens is a facial recognition surveillance app that uses your Android device's camera to record video in the background (with no live preview) and sends Telegram alerts when unauthorized individuals are detected, based on a configurable blacklist and whitelist . Key Features Background Recording Discreet Capture: Record video silently in the background without any visible camera preview.…

Developer: fpf
Category: Camera
First release: 07 Oct 2025
License: Not documented

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.fpf.sentinellens

Latest APK SHA-256cf3d3759c8a8a8791be78e5745123d06953c78c6fb6204602a59089dba2fc088

Signing certificate56:D6:CB:A6:15:6A:A0:1E:26:85:2C:E4:E3:C6:C6:FC:43:9D:AE:35:C5:8C:C2:0B:40:F2:1A:37:9E:10:E9:28

MIN ANDROID30TARGET34ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

03 / History

Project timeline

07 Oct 2025

Package observed in source index

Metadata and versions observed from the fdroid repository index.

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.0.207 Oct 202530+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

Permissions9 declared · 1 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessCAMERA

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.CAMERA android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_CAMERA android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.WAKE_LOCK com.fpf.sentinellens.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↗