Is NFCGate safe?

NFCGate is an Android application meant to capture, analyze, or modify NFC traffic. It can be used as a researching tool to reverse engineer protocols or assess the security of protocols against traffic modifications. On-device capture : Captures NFC traffic sent and received by other applications running on the device. Relay : Relays NFC traffic between two devices using a server . One device op…

Developer: NFCGate
Category: System
Earliest archived version: 01 Jun 2026
License: Apache-2.0 (per IzzyOnDroid metadata)

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDde.tu_darmstadt.seemoo.nfcgate

Latest APK SHA-25602e6e35f1991dc45762d08f3a97b01288deae7151bcbbcb2bb843d62d8cb7271

Signing certificateA4:7C:A9:74:D0:E5:40:26:5F:FB:84:38:B5:77:93:6C:CF:0C:BF:1C:BF:C9:89:16:D1:DD:F0:04:E7:7B:2C:3D

MIN ANDROID21TARGET36ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a

03 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

2.6.101 Jun 202621+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a→

04 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

Authentic — file hash matches the source indexNo ads or tracking flagged by the source

IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source

SourceBinary repo · izzyondroid

Permissions8 declared · 2 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGEWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.NFC android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE de.tu_darmstadt.seemoo.nfcgate.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

05 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗