App analysis · 10.10.2026
知乎 Zhihu
com.zhihu.android · version 11.5.0
In short
SDKs found: 3. Companies: 3, of which outside the EEA — 3. Sensitive permissions: 15 — all code inside the app, including embedded SDKs, can use them.
What is inside — embedded SDKs
- Sentry — Functional Software Inc., United States outside EEA crash reporting
- Firebase Cloud Messaging — Google LLC, United States outside EEA push notifications
- Huawei Ads Kit — Huawei, China outside EEA advertising
Sensitive permissions (15)
- approximate location —
android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION - precise location —
android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION - photo locations —
android.permission.ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION - contacts —
android.permission.READ_CONTACTS - modify calendar —
android.permission.WRITE_CALENDAR - camera —
android.permission.CAMERA - files on the device —
android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE - audio files —
android.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO - photos —
android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES - videos —
android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO - user-selected photos and videos —
android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VISUAL_USER_SELECTED - microphone —
android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO - write files on the device —
android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE - phone data (carrier, call state) —
android.Manifest.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE - draw over other apps —
android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW
All manifest permissions (61)
Manifest.permission.BROADCAST_CLOSE_SYSTEM_DIALOGSandroid.Manifest.permission.DEVICE_POWERandroid.Manifest.permission.READ_PHONE_STATEandroid.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATIONandroid.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATIONandroid.permission.ACCESS_LOCATION_EXTRA_COMMANDSandroid.permission.ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATIONandroid.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATEandroid.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATEandroid.permission.BLUETOOTHandroid.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMINandroid.permission.BROADCAST_CLOSE_SYSTEM_DIALOGSandroid.permission.CAMERAandroid.permission.CHANGE_CONFIGURATIONandroid.permission.CHANGE_NETWORK_STATEandroid.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_MULTICAST_STATEandroid.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATEandroid.permission.FLASHLIGHTandroid.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICEandroid.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNCandroid.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACKandroid.permission.GET_TASKSandroid.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUTandroid.permission.INTERNETandroid.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGSandroid.permission.MODIFY_PHONE_STATEandroid.permission.MOUNT_UNMOUNT_FILESYSTEMSandroid.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONSandroid.permission.READ_CLIPBOARDandroid.permission.READ_CONTACTSandroid.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGEandroid.permission.READ_LOGSandroid.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIOandroid.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGESandroid.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEOandroid.permission.READ_MEDIA_VISUAL_USER_SELECTEDandroid.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETEDandroid.permission.RECEIVE_USER_PRESENTandroid.permission.RECORD_AUDIOandroid.permission.REORDER_TASKSandroid.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONSandroid.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARMandroid.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOWandroid.permission.VIBRATEandroid.permission.WAKE_LOCKandroid.permission.WRITE_CALENDARandroid.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGEandroid.permission.WRITE_MEDIA_STORAGEandroid.permission.WRITE_SETTINGScom.android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUTcom.asus.msa.SupplementaryDID.ACCESScom.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVEcom.hihonor.android.launcher.permission.CHANGE_BADGEcom.hihonor.security.permission.ACCESS_THREAT_DETECTIONcom.huawei.android.launcher.permission.CHANGE_BADGEcom.huawei.appmarket.service.commondata.permission.GET_COMMON_DATAcom.vivo.notification.permission.BADGE_ICONcom.zhihu.android.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSIONcom.zhihu.android.ReceivePlayerInfofreemme.permission.msagetui.permission.GetuiService.com.zhihu.android
Limits of the analysis
The analysis shows code inside the app file, not data transfers: an SDK being present means a transfer is possible, not that it happens. The country is where the company owning the SDK is registered, not where its servers are. Some code may have been renamed at build time, so the SDK list is a lower bound.
The legal assessment is made by the competent supervisory authority.
Evidence
com.zhihu.android · version 11.5.0 (code 40530)fcc6c1fb2716b3ac7313111faeae65e225959449118c1e7eda4699f2a26640d3bd8450557cb3965c051f1611d4286a5f029b909cae3de757ec152d0563c3f7fa2769b78c1753The same file (same SHA-256) with the same library version gives the same result — check it on the APK check page. Licence CC BY 4.0, source — gdpru.eu; report errors to contact@gdpru.eu.