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WiEye - WiFi Scanner

Time Warner Cable · edu.smu.wispy

Not rated yet 500K+ downloads v1.5.5 1004.1 KB Android 2.1+ PEGI 12 · Low Maturity

  • The source store flagged this file with a security warning Details

At a glance

Latest version
v1.5.5 (11)
Updated
Feb 19, 2014 (12 years ago)
APK size
1004.1 KB
Requires
Android 2.1+ (API 7)
CPU support
Any (no native code)
Category
Tools (app)
Listed since
Nov 17, 2013 (at least)
Permissions
10 (3 sensitive)
Website
wieye.lyle.smu.edu
Developer contact
[email protected]
Privacy
Developer's privacy policy

About this APK

WiEye - WiFi Scanner is an app by Time Warner Cable in the Tools category, listed since at least November 2013. It has no native code, so it runs on any Android processor.

It asks for 10 permissions, 3 of them sensitive: precise location, approximate location and read phone status and identity.

What's new in v1.5.5

v1.5.5 -Added support for Swedish, Thai, Vietnamese, Italian, Hindi, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Norwegian, Polish, Danish, Finnish, French, German, Spanish, Arabic, and Bulgarian. v1.5.4 -Bug Fixes -Added Support for Chinese v1.5.2 ------ -Removed pop-up constantly asking to opt-in to study. v1.5.1 ------ -Fixed a bug which would drain the battery in certain situations (after app was closed) -Other minor bug fixes and clean up

Description

From the listing uploaded by “eroe”.

WiEye is a FREE 802.11 WiFi Analyzer for Android. WiEye can be used for wireless site surveys, wifi scanning, and wireless discovery. It reports the Name, BSSID, Signal Strength (dBm), Channel, and Frequency of all access points within range. It also graphs this data so you can see WiFi congestion for each available channel. By using this WiFi scanner, you are helping support the Southern Methodist University wireless technology research group learn more about wireless signals in current use across the world and develop more efficient protocols and algorithms. We hope that you find WiEye as a useful application for your wireless scanning needs. Alongside the application, we collect usage statistics from willing participants to be used as anonymized performance characteristics of wireless networks in many cities around the world as well as the user's context (driving, sitting, standing, etc.) when the sniffing is performed. The data will contribute to a global picture of wireless networks and their performance. We offer WiEye free of charge in the hopes that there would be a large user base for the user study. Your privacy is very important to us. Accordingly, we have developed this privacy policy in order for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate and disclose and make use of usage statistics. The following outlines our privacy policy. - Before or at the time of collecting usage statistics, we will disassociate the measured data from the user's personal identification. - We will collect and use of usage statistics solely with the objective of fulfilling those purposes specified by us and for other compatible purposes, unless we obtain the consent of the individual concerned or as required by law. - We will only retain usage statistics as long as necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes. - We will collect usage statistics by a lawful and fair means and, where appropriate, with the knowledge or consent of the individual concerned. - A user's location should be relevant to the purposes for which it is to be used, and, to the extent necessary for those purposes, should be accurate, complete, and up-to-date and without regard to the person's identity. - We will protect personal information by reasonable security safeguards against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification. - We will make readily available to customers information about our policies and practices relating to the management of personal information.

Security & authenticity

Security rating: Warning

Signing certificate

  • Certificate issued to “SouthernMethodistUniversity” Not the developer's name (“Time Warner Cable”). Names in certificates can't be verified, so this alone proves nothing.

Store checks and file details

  • Developer signature check failed Mar 10, 2025
  • Antivirus scan passed Nov 1, 2020
  • Signed byCN=Joseph Camp, OU=ElectricalEngineering, O=SouthernMethodistUniversity, L=Dallas, ST=TX, C=US
  • Signing certificate (SHA-1)24:16:CF:0C:3A:AA:7D:4A:01:CB:08:0C:19:6A:A5:4E:E8:41:99:B5
  • File MD591b46eaf994c2fa2160feb0a564da668
  • Uploaded by “eroe” Silver tier · 53,732 followers · uploading since 2012

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Permissions (10)

WiEye - WiFi Scanner requests 10 permissions, 3 of them sensitive.

Required hardware & features

WiEye - WiFi Scanner 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 WiEye - WiFi Scanner APK safe?

No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store flagged this file with a security warning. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is 91b46eaf994c2fa2160feb0a564da668.

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