Cimice Audio Recorder v5, Spy Audio service works in background is an app by Ingegner in the Communication category, listed since at least August 2019. It has no native code, so it runs on any Android processor.
It asks for 13 permissions, 5 of them sensitive, including send sms, find accounts on the device and read shared storage.
Description
From the listing uploaded by “catappult”.
LOOK OUT !!! DO NOT USE THIS APP FOR UNLAWFUL PURPOSE.
Recall that the use of this APP is illegal if used for illicit purposes (invasion of privacy) and only the user will be responsible on misuse, the author of the software shall be relieved of any civil and criminal liability on the use of this APP.
The "Cimice Audio Recorder v5" APP (Works fine also in background) is for Android SmartPhone kernel v.2 or higher, and to work requires the installation of two additional APK (of which below you can find the relevant download URLs, and please replace "*" with "slash" char):
Python.apk: "https:**code.google.com*p*python-for-android*downloads*detail?name=PythonForAndroid_r5.apk"
SL4A.apk: "https:**code.google.com*p*android-scripting*downloads*detail?name=sl4a_r6.apk"
LOOK OUT:
the first time that the APP PYTHON FOR ANDROID is downloaded to the phone must be turned on, and should be selected in the menu "installation" (operation to be done only once).
This APP allows you to record the audio environment of the place where it will be left the phone on which it is installed, and sends the audio file produced (.wav) by email to the recipient that you have configured.
When start the APP mutes the phone and mute the audio, and the audio recording is activated automatically when will be received an SMS with the keyword PY.START, and is stopped when will be received a SMS with the keyword PY.STOP.
The audio recording cycles are lasting 60 seconds, and the APP periodically sends via email the sound file (94KB) of the current recording audio cycle to the recipient email that has been set.
On the phone the maximum occupancy of HD is always 94KB as the cyclic files of audio recordings from 60 seconds is always the same, and once sent by email will be overwritten by the next recording, and then between a recording session and the next one there will be a hole of about 1 second.
The APP must be configured to send emails, and the user must enter the name and port of the SMTP server to use, and its user account; also must be set the recipient at which send cyclically recording audio file that is produced by APP every 60 seconds.
The APP once configured can be tested by clicking the TEST button (the one on the right in HCI's App), and after entering the number of the phone where the APP is active, will be sent a SMS message that will trigger a cycle of recording 60 seconds after which it will be sent an email to the recipient set containing the recorded audio file by APP.
The APP is "armed" to record audio by clicking the PLAY button (the left in HCI's App), you leave the phone (putting either in st-by phone screen or in background the CIMICE V5 APP that works fine like a service also in background mode by the relevant Pyhton script engine) in place "target", you move away (in another room, or out of the building), and through another phone you send an SMS with the keyword PY.START to the phone where it is on the APP to start audio recordings environmental cyclical (lasting 60 seconds each) that will be continuously sent by email to recipient email set until you will be sent an SMS with the keyword PY.STOP.
In the next APP publication will be inserted also the recording video features.
If this APP will be to your liking, if you want you can make a donation to the author on PAYPAL (using author PayPal address: [email protected])
LOOK OUT !!! DO NOT USE THIS APP FOR UNLAWFUL PURPOSE.
Recall that the use of this APP is illegal if used for illicit purposes (invasion of privacy) and only the user will be responsible on misuse, the author of the software shall be relieved of any civil and criminal liability on the use of this APP.
Security & authenticity
Security rating: Unknown
Signing certificate
Certificate issued to “AppInventor for Android”The developer's name — though anyone can put any name in a certificate.
Uploaded by “catappult”Platinum tier · 1,377 followers · uploading since 2018
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Permissions (13)
Cimice Audio Recorder v5, Spy Audio service works in background requests 13 permissions, 5 of them sensitive.
Find accounts on the deviceSensitiveandroid.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS
Cimice Audio Recorder v5, Spy Audio service works in background APK: questions and answers
Can I install this APK over the version I already have?
Only if it is signed with the same certificate as the copy on your phone and isn't an older version. If Android says “App not installed”, the certificates differ; uninstalling your copy first works but deletes its data unless it is backed up.
Is the Cimice Audio Recorder v5, Spy Audio service works in background APK safe?
No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Unknown. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is 47b8659410d3d28240bf2a0b7bb8e151.