Is Smart Card Emulator safe?

The Android Smart Card Emulator allows the emulation of a contact-less smart card. The emulator uses Android's HCE to fetch process APDUs from a NFC reader.

Developer: vsmartcard
Category: Development
First release: 27 Jun 2022
License: Not documented

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.vsmartcard.acardemulator

Latest APK SHA-2566d967aaa60370fe8d70f37cef14b281c226661ff41f345ad4f426ea2f06ae9cb

Signing certificateD0:62:AA:AE:9B:AE:F9:D4:27:63:7E:31:47:05:57:93:DA:13:38:E7:22:26:BB:05:02:15:89:4B:77:07:2E:DA

MIN ANDROID19TARGET29ARCHITECTURE

03 / History

Project timeline

27 Jun 2022

Package observed in source index

Metadata and versions observed from the fdroid repository index.

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

2 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

4.011 Sept 202621+→3.527 Jun 202219+→

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.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT android.permission.CAMERA android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.NFC com.samsung.WATCH_APP_TYPE.Companion com.samsung.accessory.permission.ACCESSORY_FRAMEWORK com.samsung.android.providers.context.permission.WRITE_USE_APP_FEATURE_SURVEY com.samsung.wmanager.ENABLE_NOTIFICATION com.vsmartcard.acardemulator.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↗