Is Kiosk safe?

Kiosk is a Hacker News reader for Android. It is built around reading, not browsing. Browse Hacker News feeds, search historical stories, read articles in a distraction-free native reader, and keep comments close at hand. Features: - Browse Top, New, Best, Ask, Show, and Jobs. - Search historical Hacker News stories. - Read articles in a native reader powered by Mozilla Readability. - Swipe betwe…

Developer: shapeshed
Category: Forum
First release: 09 Sept 2026
License: Not documented

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.shapeshed.kiosk

Latest APK SHA-2567f480c8ff5b73074df68dc60f5831ad2bf5d30f7121c1bc1a9312d47bb93cf41

Signing certificateB8:4E:94:D2:20:E3:9D:5D:75:4B:B7:43:9D:E2:71:2F:DE:20:05:E5:BE:2D:AB:1D:DB:55:48:0D:30:44:3D:AB

MIN ANDROID26TARGET37ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

03 / History

Project timeline

09 Sept 2026

Package observed in source index

Metadata and versions observed from the fdroid repository index.

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

0.1.109 Sept 202626+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

Permissions3 declared · 0 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresTetheredNet

Sensitive accessNo sensitive permissions

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.INTERNET com.shapeshed.kiosk.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↗