Is Private Lock safe?

A simple app to automatically lock your phone based on movement force, or the acceleration to be more accurate. Private Lock can help protect your privacy and security by monitoring the accelerometer in the background and if the threshold is breached, lock the screen. The main use cases are if your phone is taken while you're using it, or you drop your phone. As an additional bonus, it can also h…

Developer: wesaphzt
Category: Security
Earliest archived version: 28 Sept 2019
License: GPL-3.0-or-later (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

28 Sept 2019

1.2

Fix for background service < Android 8.0/Oreo - Add option for haptic feedback (vibration) on lock trigger - Reworked animation logic - Fix 'License' and 'Bug report' links on about page

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.wesaphzt.privatelock

Latest APK SHA-2569d3940e91ea7280e98fd14b6010d61ac0438821cb32ce0d4ccc414f7310c9598

Signing certificateC2:81:E4:42:E2:E0:58:F1:7C:06:43:B2:AB:78:59:0A:43:FF:53:74:B8:55:B5:43:D3:19:08:B0:57:53:09:B8

MIN ANDROID17TARGET29ARCHITECTURE

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.228 Sept 201917+→

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 · 0 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessNo sensitive permissions

Declared permissions

android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.VIBRATE android.permission.WAKE_LOCK

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↗