WHYY - Greater Philly’s NPR
Listen to WHYY-FM, Greater Philadelphia’s leading NPR Member station.
WHYY, Inc. · com.jacapps.whyy
At a glance
- Latest version
- v4.0.7 (66)
- Updated
- Jun 4, 2024 (2 years ago)
- APK size
- 8.4 MB
- Requires
- Android 6.0+ (API 23)
- CPU support
- Any (no native code)
- Graphics
- OpenGL ES 2.0+
- Category
- News & Magazines (app)
- Listed since
- Mar 26, 2022 (at least)
- Permissions
- 21 (4 sensitive)
- Developer contact
- [email protected]
- Privacy
- Developer's privacy policy
About this APK
WHYY - Greater Philly’s NPR is an app by WHYY, Inc. in the News & Magazines category, listed since at least March 2022. It has no native code, so it runs on any Android processor.
It asks for 21 permissions, 4 of them sensitive, including record audio, approximate location and read phone status and identity. The app can read the advertising ID that ad and analytics services use.
What's new in v4.0.7
Description
From the listing uploaded by “appupdater”.
Security & authenticity
Signing certificate
- Certificate issued to “Jacobs Media” Not the developer's name (“WHYY, Inc.”). Names in certificates can't be verified, so this alone proves nothing.
Store checks and file details
- Developer signature verified Jun 4, 2024
- Signed byCN=Jacobs Media
- Signing certificate (SHA-1)98:64:85:E2:B6:24:FF:0D:7C:3B:ED:B9:35:D4:A9:03:2E:63:1B:8E
- File MD55a6a9b320ecef1c2f251a0e3b3b72e2a
- Uploaded by “appupdater” Gold tier · 117,810 followers · uploading since 2020
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Permissions (21)
WHYY - Greater Philly’s NPR requests 21 permissions, 4 of them sensitive.
- Approximate location Sensitive android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
- Read phone status and identity Sensitive android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE
- Read shared storage Sensitive android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
- Record audio (microphone) Sensitive android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO
- Access adservices ad id android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID
- Access adservices attribution android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION
- Advertising ID com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID
- Bluetooth android.permission.BLUETOOTH
- Control vibration android.permission.VIBRATE
- Foreground service media playback android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK
- Full network access android.permission.INTERNET
- Google Play install referrer com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE
- Internal broadcast protection (app-defined) com.jacapps.whyy.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
- Prevent the device from sleeping android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
- Receive push notifications com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE
- Run at startup android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
- Run foreground services android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
- Schedule exact alarms android.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM
- Show notifications android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS
- View Wi-Fi connections android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
- View network connections android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
Required hardware & features
- Basic touch input android.hardware.faketouch
- Location android.hardware.location
- Microphone android.hardware.microphone
- Portrait screen android.hardware.screen.portrait
WHYY - Greater Philly’s NPR 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 WHYY - Greater Philly’s NPR APK safe?
No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Trusted. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is 5a6a9b320ecef1c2f251a0e3b3b72e2a.
