Is Tella safe?

In challenging environments with limited or no internet connectivity or in the face of repression Tella makes it easier and safer to document events, whether that’s violence, human rights violations, corruption, or electoral fraud. ENCRYPTION: All of the content and data stored in Tella are encrypted. This means that unless the app is unlocked, all the data within Tella will remain inaccessible.…

Developer: hzontal
Category: File Encryption & Vault
First release: 28 Aug 2026
License: Not documented

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDorg.hzontal.tellaFOSS

Latest APK SHA-25641cf5ce049a66d2acd09a376ad69e4ee0cd1fd25ae0890e93eee2545346fe7f3

Signing certificate0F:98:D1:62:B4:43:E7:1D:E1:41:A9:3A:EC:27:C6:D5:AC:AA:72:5D:BA:4C:3F:CA:97:45:72:58:C1:93:A7:29

MIN ANDROID21TARGET36ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · commons-io-2.4.jar · x86 · x86_64

03 / History

Project timeline

28 Aug 2026

Package observed in source index

Metadata and versions observed from the fdroid repository index.

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

3.3.228 Aug 202621+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, commons-io-2.4.jar, 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

SourceOpen-source · fdroid

Permissions25 declared · 7 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessACCESS_COARSE_LOCATIONACCESS_FINE_LOCATIONCAMERAGET_ACCOUNTSREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGERECORD_AUDIOWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.ACCESS_NOTIFICATION_POLICY android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE android.permission.AUTHENTICATE_ACCOUNTS android.permission.CAMERA android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.MANAGE_ACCOUNTS android.permission.NEARBY_WIFI_DEVICES android.permission.NFC android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO android.permission.REQUEST_DELETE_PACKAGES android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC android.permission.USE_CREDENTIALS android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT android.permission.WAKE_LOCK android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE org.hzontal.tellaFOSS.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↗