Is Smart Card Reader safe?

Allow a host computer to use the smartphone's NFC hardware as contact-less smartcard reader. On the host computer a special smart card driver, vpcd, must be installed. The app establishes a connection to vpcd over the network when a contact-less card is detected.

Developer: vsmartcard
Category: Connectivity
First release: 04 Dec 2024
License: Not documented

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.vsmartcard.remotesmartcardreader.app

Latest APK SHA-256d044d1a38d9bb26052996942a7c95758170c6ff8a0a20dc53b45d07cc5b43705

Signing certificate55:71:15:96:7E:AB:3A:60:23:E1:FA:2E:A5:F7:E3:CF:23:71:88:E0:21:CA:30:29:AB:1D:88:D2:11:F4:48:09

MIN ANDROID21TARGET30ARCHITECTURE

03 / History

Project timeline

04 Dec 2024

Package observed in source index

Metadata and versions observed from the fdroid repository index.

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

2.404 Dec 202421+→

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

Permissions4 declared · 1 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessCAMERA

Declared permissions

android.permission.CAMERA android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.NFC com.vsmartcard.remotesmartcardreader.app.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↗