Privacy Cell
Verify that a phone is using the most secure cell protocols.
Stoutner · com.stoutner.privacycell
UpdatedDec 4, 2024
PublishedDec 4, 2024
Packagecom.stoutner.privacycell
MD5170151157c40b316f9f85065c1797694
SHA1 (signer)E5:BB:B1:D6:DE:EB:D3:4E:9A:5A:9F:32:56:8D:ED:20:C3:26:00:AF
Signed byCN=Soren Stoutner, OU=Stoutner, O=Stoutner, L=Wickenburg, ST=Arizona, C=US
Malware scanTRUSTED
Contact[email protected]
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What's new
• Create an optional monochrome icon (can be used in Android >= 13).
• Allow Privacy Cell to be included in system backups.
• Bump the target API to 34 (Android 14).
• Document permissions needed for newer versions of Android.
• Repopulate the realtime monitoring notification every 15 minutes.
• Allow Privacy Cell to be included in system backups.
• Bump the target API to 34 (Android 14).
• Document permissions needed for newer versions of Android.
• Repopulate the realtime monitoring notification every 15 minutes.
Description
Privacy Cell is a small app that displays the cell phone protocol information.
At the time of this writing, many cell phone networks are switching from 4G (4th Generation) to 5G networks. The 5G network protocols were specifically designed to protect against some of the known insecurities of the older protocols, including those that allowed stingrays (IMSI catchers) to perform man-in-the-middle attacks on cell phone networks. To ease deployment and backwards compatibility, 4G and 5G networks can run together in what is known as 5G NR (New Radio) NSA (Non-Standalone) mode. This uses the 4G network for the control channel and the 5G network for the data communication. However, 5G NSA does not provide protection against stingrays. Android has access to all the information it needs to know if it is connected to a 5G NSA or a 5G SA (Standalone) network, but it doesn’t display that information to the user. The purpose of Privacy Cell is to make that information easy to access.
Privacy Cell can also warn you when you are connected to antiquated 2G and 3G networks.
At the time of this writing, many cell phone networks are switching from 4G (4th Generation) to 5G networks. The 5G network protocols were specifically designed to protect against some of the known insecurities of the older protocols, including those that allowed stingrays (IMSI catchers) to perform man-in-the-middle attacks on cell phone networks. To ease deployment and backwards compatibility, 4G and 5G networks can run together in what is known as 5G NR (New Radio) NSA (Non-Standalone) mode. This uses the 4G network for the control channel and the 5G network for the data communication. However, 5G NSA does not provide protection against stingrays. Android has access to all the information it needs to know if it is connected to a 5G NSA or a 5G SA (Standalone) network, but it doesn’t display that information to the user. The purpose of Privacy Cell is to make that information easy to access.
Privacy Cell can also warn you when you are connected to antiquated 2G and 3G networks.
Permissions (6)
Privacy Cell requests the following Android permissions:
- Foreground Service android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
- Foreground Service Special Use android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE
- Post Notifications android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS
- Read Phone State android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE
- Receive Boot Completed android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
- Com Stoutner Privacycell Dynamic Receiver Not Exported Permission com.stoutner.privacycell.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
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