App analysis · 05.10.2026

Signal Private Messenger

org.thoughtcrime.securesms · version 8.29.3

2SDKs found

1companies

1companies outside the EEA

21sensitive permissions

In short

SDKs found: 2. Companies: 1, of which outside the EEA — 1. Sensitive permissions: 21 — 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
Google Firebase Analytics — Google LLC, United States outside EEA analytics

Sensitive permissions (21)

approximate location — android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
precise location — android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
authenticate accounts — android.permission.AUTHENTICATE_ACCOUNTS
accounts on the device — android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS
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
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
scan for nearby Wi-Fi devices — android.permission.NEARBY_WIFI_DEVICES
phone number — android.permission.READ_PHONE_NUMBERS
phone data (carrier, call state) — android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE
biometrics (fingerprint, face) — android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC
access credentials — android.permission.USE_CREDENTIALS
fingerprint — android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT

All manifest permissions (74)

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.BLUETOOTH
android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT
android.permission.BROADCAST_STICKY
android.permission.CAMERA
android.permission.CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE
android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE
android.permission.DISABLE_KEYGUARD
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_CAMERA
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_CONNECTED_DEVICE
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PROJECTION
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MICROPHONE
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_PHONE_CALL
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_REMOTE_MESSAGING
android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS
android.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT
android.permission.INTERNET
android.permission.MANAGE_OWN_CALLS
android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS
android.permission.NEARBY_WIFI_DEVICES
android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS
android.permission.RAISED_THREAD_PRIORITY
android.permission.READ_APP_BADGE
android.permission.READ_CALL_STATE
android.permission.READ_CONTACTS
android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES
android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO
android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VISUAL_USER_SELECTED
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_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS
android.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM
android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC
android.permission.USE_CREDENTIALS
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.vending.BILLING
com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE
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.thoughtcrime.securesms.ACCESS_SECRETS
org.thoughtcrime.securesms.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

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: Signal+Private+Messenger_8.29.3_APKPure.xapk (112.4 MB)

Package: org.thoughtcrime.securesms · version 8.29.3 (code 175901)

Android: minimum API 32, target API 36

File SHA-256: cc9ec747e209823c8543046346bc97dee9774b87e7dc5f535d583e3154ec990e

Developer signature (SHA-256): 29f34e5f27f211b424bc5bf9d67162c0eafba2da35af35c16416fc446276ba26

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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