Is RWR: onlooker alert safe?

RWR watches through the front camera for people looking at your screen from behind (shoulder surfers). When it sees one, it: pops up a card over whatever app you are using with a snapshot of the onlooker (boxed in red, with "laser eyes" showing where they look), posts a notification, saves a photo or a short video clip (for example 10 s before to 10 s after) to your gallery, and optionally to you…

Developer: revocx35
Category: Security
Earliest archived version: 18 Oct 2026
License: GPL-3.0-only (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDio.github.revocx35.rwr

Latest APK SHA-256a933f1da8d4ced9adeeed1156d7d6638f46bce71717894880dfc95932905fe7d

Signing certificate16:74:4F:FB:A6:D9:59:16:95:B8:5E:CD:3B:E6:5B:CB:03:0F:C9:A9:68:2C:67:F6:63:D6:9B:81:07:AD:E2:0B

MIN ANDROID29TARGET37ARCHITECTUREx86_64

03 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.5.018 Oct 202629+x86_64→

04 / 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

Permissions7 declared · 2 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessCAMERASYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW

Declared permissions

android.permission.CAMERA android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_CAMERA android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW io.github.revocx35.rwr.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↗