Is PCAPdroid mitm safe?

PCAPdroid-mitm is a PCAPdroid addon which uses mitmproxy to decrypt the TLS/SSL connections and show the decrypted data in the app. The addon uses the open source framework chaquopy to bundle and run python modules. The native python modules are pre-built and installed from the chaquopy pip repository .

Developer: Emanuele Faranda
Category: Security
Earliest archived version: 22 Oct 2026
License: GPL-3.0-only (per IzzyOnDroid metadata)

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.pcapdroid.mitm

Latest APK SHA-256aaf15242d03b8cff974a1ebf2a2dff2eb5c8aa246cfced897bc3cea660e187d9

Signing certificateAC:70:11:25:E6:53:18:9B:2B:BA:A7:8F:BA:60:C1:13:6B:88:B8:78:00:78:DB:0D:C4:25:7F:01:9C:81:C9:FE

MIN ANDROID24TARGET34ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a

03 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

2.522 Oct 202624+arm64-v8a→

04 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

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

IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source

SourceBinary repo · izzyondroid

Permissions6 declared · 3 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessMANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGEREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGEWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Declared permissions

android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

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↗