Is Critical Maps safe?

This app tracks your location and shares it via a map with all other participants of the critical mass bicycle protest. You can use the chat to communicate with all other participants. Location sharing and chat relies on criticalmaps.net . Location tracking is always active while using the app.

Developer: stephanlindauer
Category: Internet
First release: 22 Jun 2026
License: Not documented

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDde.stephanlindauer.criticalmaps

Latest APK SHA-2560e9f0b591857c41f26bfb64f1594a807205f7f61b5bdb10d08f50fe9ae237a92

Signing certificateD4:0C:A6:9A:1E:4D:DD:81:B6:EC:A2:92:D3:DF:96:96:50:18:69:EC:E4:CA:19:63:7B:C5:7E:45:A8:B3:91:64

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

03 / History

Project timeline

22 Jun 2026

Package observed in source index

Metadata and versions observed from the fdroid repository index.

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

3.1.322 Jun 202626+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→

05 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

Authentic — file hash matches the source indexReview the flags below before installing

IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source

SourceBinary repo · fdroid

Permissions9 declared · 2 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNonFreeNetTetheredNetTracking

Sensitive accessACCESS_COARSE_LOCATIONACCESS_FINE_LOCATION

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_LOCATION android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS de.stephanlindauer.criticalmaps.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↗