App analysis · 07.10.2026

Telegram

org.telegram.messenger · version 12.10.5

1SDKs found
1companies
1companies outside the EEA
25sensitive permissions

In short

SDKs found: 1. Companies: 1, of which outside the EEA — 1. Sensitive permissions: 25 — all code inside the app, including embedded SDKs, can use them.

What is inside — embedded SDKs

  • Firebase Cloud Messaging — Google LLC, United States outside EEA push notifications

Sensitive permissions (25)

  • background location — android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION
  • approximate location — android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
  • precise location — android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
  • photo locations — android.permission.ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION
  • authenticate accounts — android.permission.AUTHENTICATE_ACCOUNTS
  • make phone calls — android.permission.CALL_PHONE
  • accounts on the device — android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS
  • call log — android.permission.READ_CALL_LOG
  • contacts — android.permission.READ_CONTACTS
  • modify contacts — android.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS
  • camera — android.permission.CAMERA
  • foreground service: screen capture — android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PROJECTION
  • foreground service: microphone — android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MICROPHONE
  • 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
  • microphone — android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO
  • write files on the device — android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  • phone number — android.permission.READ_PHONE_NUMBERS
  • phone data (carrier, call state) — android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE
  • biometrics (fingerprint, face) — android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC
  • fingerprint — android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT
  • request to install apps — android.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES
  • draw over other apps — android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW
All manifest permissions (71)
  • android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION
  • android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
  • android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
  • android.permission.ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION
  • android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
  • android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
  • android.permission.AUTHENTICATE_ACCOUNTS
  • android.permission.BLUETOOTH
  • android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT
  • android.permission.CALL_PHONE
  • android.permission.CAMERA
  • android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
  • android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_CAMERA
  • android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC
  • android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_LOCATION
  • android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK
  • android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PROJECTION
  • android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MICROPHONE
  • android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS
  • android.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT
  • android.permission.INTERNET
  • android.permission.MANAGE_ACCOUNTS
  • android.permission.MANAGE_OWN_CALLS
  • android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS
  • android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS
  • android.permission.READ_APP_BADGE
  • android.permission.READ_CALL_LOG
  • android.permission.READ_CLIPBOARD
  • android.permission.READ_CONTACTS
  • android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  • android.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO
  • android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES
  • android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO
  • android.permission.READ_PHONE_NUMBERS
  • android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE
  • android.permission.READ_PROFILE
  • android.permission.READ_SYNC_SETTINGS
  • android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
  • android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO
  • android.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES
  • android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW
  • android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC
  • android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT
  • android.permission.USE_FULL_SCREEN_INTENT
  • android.permission.VIBRATE
  • android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
  • android.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS
  • android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  • android.permission.WRITE_SYNC_SETTINGS
  • com.anddoes.launcher.permission.UPDATE_COUNT
  • com.android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT
  • com.android.launcher.permission.UNINSTALL_SHORTCUT
  • com.android.vending.BILLING
  • com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE
  • com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES
  • com.htc.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
  • com.htc.launcher.permission.UPDATE_SHORTCUT
  • com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.CHANGE_BADGE
  • com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
  • com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
  • com.majeur.launcher.permission.UPDATE_BADGE
  • com.oppo.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
  • com.oppo.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
  • com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.READ
  • com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.WRITE
  • com.sonyericsson.home.permission.BROADCAST_BADGE
  • com.sonymobile.home.permission.PROVIDER_INSERT_BADGE
  • me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_READ
  • me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_WRITE
  • org.telegram.messenger.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
  • org.telegram.messenger.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE

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

File: Telegram_12.10.5_APKPure.xapk (57.1 MB)
Package: org.telegram.messenger · version 12.10.5 (code 71052)
Android: minimum API 23, target API 36
File SHA-256: 3f3f34c359039c5cc063faeb449c915bb50f700e96d139fd7a314a8ce0921b24
Developer signature (SHA-256): 49c1522548ebacd46ce322b6fd47f6092bb745d0f88082145caf35e14dcc38e1
Library: 63 SDK · 81 permissions · 2769b78c1753
File source: APKPure

The 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.

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