Is Arcanum safe?

Arcanum is an encrypted container manager for Android that creates and mounts VeraCrypt-compatible volumes. Your files are protected with military-grade encryption and remain accessible only to you. Key Features • VeraCrypt-compatible — containers work on desktop too (Windows, macOS, Linux) • AES-256, Twofish, Serpent and cascade ciphers • Multiple hash algorithms: SHA-512, SHA-256, Whirlpool, St…

Developer: arcanum
Category: File Encryption & Vault
First release: 10 Aug 2026
License: Not documented

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDzip.arcanum

Latest APK SHA-2562c286abdd28fb93cadd6fda1fd26acf61925a8f95c0dbf1bfbe73113ff9788cc

Signing certificateD5:34:FA:17:3D:BC:64:0E:44:86:CF:C0:56:65:EE:82:39:59:08:54:2B:45:E2:5D:5C:C0:56:2E:4C:CA:55:3B

MIN ANDROID29TARGET36ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a

03 / History

Project timeline

10 Aug 2026

Package observed in source index

Metadata and versions observed from the fdroid repository index.

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.5.010 Aug 202629+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a→

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

Permissions10 declared · 2 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGEWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Declared permissions

android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT android.permission.WAKE_LOCK android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE zip.arcanum.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↗