Is LANShield safe?

LANShield lets you monitor and control LAN traffic of other apps on your device. Any app with the INTERNET permission can also access devices on your local network—such as your laptop, router, IP camera, or IoT devices. Some apps misuse this capability to gather data or compromise other devices. LANShield helps you protect your local network by blocking LAN access for apps that don’t need it. Fea…

Developer: JeroenRobben
Category: Firewall
Earliest archived version: 09 Sept 2026
License: Apache-2.0 (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDorg.distrinet.lanshield

Latest APK SHA-2568413f5d31faf82c06655e2a5b4eb50f04efecd37b594879fcaa03805060647c9

Signing certificateA7:37:07:FD:07:7D:51:67:0F:79:04:A5:6E:0F:03:8A:62:E3:0B:48:BE:E3:A6:55:C3:02:5E:86:48:26:2B:52

MIN ANDROID29TARGET37ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

03 / History

Archive history

2 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 0.98 (09 Sept 2026), latest 0.99 (11 Sept 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 0.98 and 0.99.

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

2 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

0.9911 Sept 202629+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→0.9809 Sept 202629+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→

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

Permissions11 declared · 1 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessQUERY_ALL_PACKAGES

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_LOCAL_NETWORK android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SYSTEM_EXEMPTED android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.WAKE_LOCK org.distrinet.lanshield.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↗