Is Wiki Fronted safe?

Patched Wikipedia app with: Built-in DNS over HTTPS on Wikimedia DNS. Domain fronting: HTTPS Server Name Indication manipulation for bypassing DPI. The default IP addresses blocked by CNCERT/CC replaced. See https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T327286 for more information. Note that this circumvention does not utilize any cloud provider. Anti-Features from original Wikipedia: TetheredNet: Depends o…

Developer: hicorenational
Category: Connectivity
Earliest archived version: 27 Aug 2026
License: Apache-2.0 (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.hicorenational.wikipedia

Latest APK SHA-256382f5742993a8c0af4a035b7c8ea7f2378cdcd521085f2f51b34da85dec5fd02

Signing certificate6A:44:E9:05:CA:BA:BA:A7:13:68:EE:3A:5A:1C:E6:9F:E4:6C:88:6F:D4:3E:76:88:36:74:F9:41:62:E0:00:AE

MIN ANDROID23TARGET37ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

03 / History

Archive history

4 versions in WIKI archive: earliest r/50603-r-2026-08-25 (27 Aug 2026), latest r/50611-r-2026-10-07 (18 Oct 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between r/50610-r-2026-10-06 and r/50611-r-2026-10-07.

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

4 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

r/50611-r-2026-10-0718 Oct 202624+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→r/50610-r-2026-10-0612 Oct 202624+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→r/50606-r-2026-09-0912 Sept 202623+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→r/50603-r-2026-08-2527 Aug 202623+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→

05 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

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

IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source

SourceOpen-source · fdroid

Permissions17 declared · 6 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresTetheredNetTracking

Sensitive accessACCESS_COARSE_LOCATIONACCESS_FINE_LOCATIONGET_ACCOUNTSREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGEREAD_PHONE_STATEWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE android.permission.AUTHENTICATE_ACCOUNTS android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.MANAGE_ACCOUNTS android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.VIBRATE android.permission.WAKE_LOCK android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE com.hicorenational.wikipedia.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↗