Is Hikar safe?

Hikar is an augmented reality app for Android (4.2+) which overlays footpaths from OpenStreetMap on the device's camera feed and shows virtual signposts. Its aim is to help navigation for walkers/hikers (hence the name) and other outdoor users. For example, imagine you are entering a large field and it's not clear where the exit is. Hikar will overlay the course of the footpath on your phone's ca…

Developer: Nick Whitelegg
Category: Navigation
First release: 22 Jul 2021
License: Not documented

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDfreemap.hikar

Latest APK SHA-2564490e362cb7616505ec73608ee5638edd64d4ce601be217a4382c69f1ee7ff55

Signing certificateDE:73:77:01:0E:E4:A1:58:FA:3E:D5:A5:D5:8B:D0:55:73:A5:41:23:D2:1C:26:C1:C2:B2:7A:D9:F2:0C:E3:B3

MIN ANDROID17TARGET28ARCHITECTURE

03 / History

Project timeline

22 Jul 2021

Package observed in source index

Metadata and versions observed from the fdroid repository index.

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

0.3.222 Jul 202117+→

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

Permissions6 declared · 4 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessACCESS_FINE_LOCATIONCAMERAREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGEWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.CAMERA android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

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↗