[ { "id": "air.com.playtika.slotomania", "label": "Slotomania™ Slots Casino Games", "description": "Preinstalled game on some Samsung phones.\nExodus report: 31 permissions, 13 trackers", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.playtika.slotomania", "https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/reports/air.com.playtika.slotomania/latest/" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "cci.usage", "label": "My Consumer Cellular", "description": "AKA My CC. Lets you manage your Consumer Cellular account, track your usage, pay your bill.\nConsumer Cellular is an American postpaid mobile virtual network operator", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cci.usage", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Cellular" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "co.sitic.pp", "label": "SYSdll", "description": "Designed to remotely lock the phone (by sending a simple SMS) in case you don't pay your bill \nThis app was pre-installed on phone not served by that carrier (América Móvil) from South America.\nNormally you should not have this app anymore because it was removed by Nokia during an Android 10 update.\n", "web": [ "https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/fde3l6/3rd_party_telemetry_found_in_nokia_smartphones/fjh4zbx/?context=3" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.UCMobile.intl", "label": "UC Browser", "description": "Insecure chinese web browser from Alibaba, which is well-known for its privacy & security issues.", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.UCMobile.intl", "https://citizenlab.ca/2015/05/a-chatty-squirrel-privacy-and-security-issues-with-uc-browser/", "https://www.andmp.com/2019/05/advisory-unpatched-url-address-bar-vulnerability-in-latest-versions-of-UC-browers.html", "https://www.zscaler.com/blogs/security-research/uc-browser-app-abuses-may-have-exposed-500-million-users" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "browsers" }, { "id": "com.aaa.android.discounts", "label": "AAA", "description": "AAA = American Automobile Association\nKind of GPS that helps you find Point of interest (POI) like hotels, restaurants, and car repair facilities from the AAA databases.\nNOTE : You’ll have to sign up for an AAA membership to enjoy all of the features and functionality of the Android app.", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aaa.android.discounts" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.aaa.android.discounts.vpl", "label": "AAA", "description": "AAA = American Automobile Association\nKind of GPS that helps you find Point of interest (POI) like hotels, restaurants, and car repair facilities from the AAA databases.\nNOTE : You’ll have to sign up for an AAA membership to enjoy all of the features and functionality of the Android app.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.adups.fota", "label": "Wireless Update", "description": "(AKA System Update) FOTA = Firmware Over-the-air. Has a history of spying its users. If the installed version is below 5.4.x, it must be uninstalled.", "web": [ "https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2017/12/mobile-menace-monday-upping-the-ante-on-adups-fwupgradeprovider", "https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-16034/product_id-35606/year-2017/Adups-Adups-Fota.html" ], "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "com.adups.fota.sysoper", "label": "UpgradeSys", "description": "FOTA = Firmware Over-the-air. Has a history of spying on its users.", "web": [ "https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2017/12/mobile-menace-monday-upping-the-ante-on-adups-fwupgradeprovider", "https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-16034/product_id-35606/year-2017/Adups-Adups-Fota.html" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.agui.toolbox", "label": "Toolbox", "description": "Contains a bunch of small utilites, most have there own APP but are only accessible from the Toolbox UI\nincluded; Noise test, Compass, Flashlight, Bubble Level, Picture Hanging, Heart rate, Measure height,\nMagnifier,Alarm, Plumb Bob, Protractor, Speedometer & a Pedometer.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.alibaba.aliexpresshd", "description": "AliExpress shopping/marketplace.\nhttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alibaba.aliexpresshd", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.amazon.aa", "label": "Amazon Assistant", "description": "A spyware that shows you recommended products available on Amazon and price compare as you shop across the web.", "web": [ "https://www.gadgetguy.com.au/amazon-assistant-spies-on-you/" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.amazon.aa.attribution", "label": "Amazon Assistant Attribution", "description": "A spyware again tool that allows sellers to measure the impact of media channels **off Amazon** on sales.", "web": [ "https://www.repricerexpress.com/amazon-attribution/" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.amazon.appmanager", "label": "Mobile Device Information Provider", "description": "Maybe related to Kindle", "web": [ "https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/are-these-phones-preloaded-with-amazon-spyware.4260299/", "https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidQuestions/comments/89qy76/what_is_mobile_device_information_provider_app/" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.amazon.avod.thirdpartyclient", "label": "Amazon Prime Video", "description": "VOD service from Amazon.", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amazon.avod.thirdpartyclient", "nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Video" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "streaming_apps" }, { "id": "com.amazon.clouddrive.photos", "label": "Amazon Photos", "description": "Prime members get free prints delivery (US only) and unlimited photo storage (available in US, UK, CA, DE, FR, IT, ES and JP) for a lifetime of memories.\nNon-Prime members: 5 GB full-resolution photo and video storage.", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amazon.clouddrive.photos" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.amazon.fv", "label": "Amazon App suite", "description": "Provides access to Amazon digital content", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.amazon.kindle", "label": "Amazon Kindle", "description": "Kindle eBook reader app", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amazon.kindle" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "ebook_readers" }, { "id": "com.amazon.mShop.android", "label": "Amazon Shopping", "description": "Shopping app from Amazon", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.amazon.mShop.android.shopping", "label": "Amazon Shopping", "description": "Shopping app from Amazon\nSame package as com.amazon.mShop.android.", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amazon.mShop.android.shopping" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.amazon.mShop.android.shopping.vpl", "label": "Amazon Shopping", "description": "Shopping app from Amazon\nSame package as com.amazon.mShop.android.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.amazon.mp3", "label": "Amazon Music", "description": "Amazon Music streaming app", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amazon.mp3" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "music_apps" }, { "id": "com.amazon.venezia", "label": "Amazon AppStore", "description": "AppStore from Amazon", "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "app_stores" }, { "id": "com.android.ld.appstore", "label": "LD Gaming Appstore", "description": "LDPlayer is an Android Gaming emulator for PC (https://ldplayer.net/)", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.applovin.array.apphub.vincere", "label": "AppHub", "description": "Is known as tracker company, potentially adware!", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.aspiro.tidal", "label": "TIDAL Music", "description": "Tidal Music streaming app", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aspiro.tidal" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "music_apps" }, { "id": "com.aspiro.tidal.vpl", "label": "TIDAL Music", "description": "Tidal Music streaming app", "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "music_apps" }, { "id": "com.audible.application", "label": "Audible", "description": "Stream Audible Audiobooks and Podcasts", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.audible.application", "https://help.audible.com/s/article/audible-privacy-information?language=en_US" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.bleacherreport.android.teamstream", "label": "Bleacher Report", "description": "All about Sports News", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bleacherreport.android.teamstream" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.blurb.checkout", "label": "Blurb Checkout", "description": "Provides book purchase and checkout for Samsung’s Story Album app (discontinued)", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.booking", "label": "Booking.com", "description": "Book hotel or apartment, flights, rental cars, and more", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.booking", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booking.com", "https://blog.usejournal.com/why-i-would-never-trust-booking-com-again-so-you-should-too-a2ab535ed915?gi=7ebe86eaa880", "https://ro-che.info/articles/2017-09-17-booking-com-manipulation" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.caf.fmradio", "label": "FM Radio", "description": "FM Radio app", "web": [ "https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/fm/tree/fmapp2/src/com/caf/fmradio" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.cequint.ecid", "label": "City ID", "description": "Caller ID from Cequint.\nNever trust a company which promotes call ID/spam blocking features.\nCequint was acquired by TNS (https://tnsi.com/)", "web": [ "https://www.cequint.com/", "https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/t-mobile-to-launch-caller-id-service-from-cequint", "https://itmunch.com/robocall-caught-sending-customers-confidential-data-without-consent/", "https://www.geekwire.com/2013/earnouts-bad-cequint-execs-sue-parent-company/" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.cnn.mobile.android.phone", "label": "CNN Breaking US & World News", "description": "News app from CNN", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cnn.mobile.android.phone" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "rss_readers" }, { "id": "com.contextlogic.wish", "label": "Wish", "description": "Wish Shopping", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.contextlogic.wish" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.cootek.smartinputv5.language.englishgb", "label": "TouchPal Keyboard", "description": "Keyboard app by Cootek a chinese company.\nAdware (lots and lots of ads)", "web": [ "https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/google-banned-cootek-adware" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "keyboards" }, { "id": "com.cootek.smartinputv5.language.spanishus", "label": "com.cootek.smartinputv5.language.spanishus", "description": "TouchPal Keyboard by Cootek a chinese company.\nAdware (lots lots of ads)", "web": [ "https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/google-banned-cootek-adware" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "keyboards" }, { "id": "com.crowdcare.agent.k", "label": "com.crowdcare.agent.k", "description": "Crowdcare is now Wysdom.AI.\nFrom their Twitter description : The easiest way for businesses to improve customer satisfaction, contain costs and generate revenue by using #AI to power customer experiences.\nWysdom.AI has joined the Microsoft Partner Network in 2018", "web": [ "https://wysdom.ai/privacy-policy/" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.debug.loggerui", "description": "DebugLoggerUI\nSimilar to logcat, in some sense. Mostly focused on video graphics logging and network logging (includes Bluetooth). On some devices, it runs in the background (working non-cache RAM) even while not in use.\nhttps://peterelst.com/what-is-debug-logger-ui-android", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.devhd.feedly", "label": "Feedly", "description": "Popular news aggregator application (RSS)", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devhd.feedly", "https://feedly.com/i/legal/privacy" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "rss_readers" }, { "id": "com.digitalturbine.toolbar", "label": "Digital Turbine", "description": "Adware and used by carriers to showcase their apps\nFYI: Digital Turbine is an advertising company.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.diotek.sec.lookup.dictionary", "label": "Samsung Dictionary", "description": "Samsung dictionary from Diotek (Korean company)", "web": [ "https://en.diotek.com/" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.directv.dvrscheduler", "label": "DIRECTV on the Go", "description": "Offical app from DIRECTV (subsidiary of AT&T)\nLets you watch Live TV, recorded shows, VODs and schedule recordings on your DVR", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.directv.dvrscheduler", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirecTV#Consumer_protection_lawsuits_and_violations" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "streaming_apps" }, { "id": "com.discoveryscreen", "label": "Appflash", "description": "Verizon Spyware", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.discoveryscreen", "https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/04/update-verizons-appflash-pre-installed-spyware-still-spyware" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.disney.disneyplus", "label": "Disney+", "description": "Streaming app from Disney and co. (Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and National Geographic).", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.disney.disneyplus" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "streaming_apps" }, { "id": "com.dna.solitaireapp", "label": "Solitaire – Classic Card Game", "description": "Solitaire Game app from DNA company ?", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dna.solitaireapp" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.dolby.daxservice", "label": "Dolby", "description": "Runs in the background as part of the system. Runs even if disabled.\n\"Optimizes system audio performance\" or something like that. This is likely the backend audio service, possibly applying settings from com.oneplus.sound.tuner (\"Dolby Atmos\") to the audio processing.", "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "com.draftkings.dknativermgGP.vpl", "label": "DraftKings - Daily Fantasy Sports for Cash", "description": "App has been removed from the Playstore.", "web": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DraftKings" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.drivemode", "label": "DraftKings - Daily Fantasy Sports for Cash", "description": "App has been removed from the Playstore.\nDrivemode (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drivemode.android)\nSimplifies how you manage calls and messages while driving.", "web": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DraftKings", "https://drivemode.com/privacy-2/" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.dsi.ant.plugins.antplus", "label": "ANT+ Plugins Service", "description": "ANT is a wireless protocol, similar to Bluetooth®, that is predominantly used for sport and fitness wireless connectivity. Pre-installed by the phone manufacturer, this service allows you to connect ANT+ devices to apps on your phone. ANT Wireless is a division of Garmin Canada Inc.", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dsi.ant.plugins.antplus" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.dsi.ant.sample.acquirechannels", "label": "ANT + DUT", "description": "I don't know why there is \"sample\" in the name. Is this package really useful to find ANT channels ? \n", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.dsi.ant.server", "label": "ANT Radio Service Test", "description": "ANT HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) Server.\nANT is a wireless protocol, similar to Bluetooth, that is mainly used for sport and fitness trackers.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.dsi.ant.service.socket", "label": "ANT Radio Service", "description": "ANT is a wireless protocol, similar to Bluetooth, that is mainly used for sport and fitness trackers.", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dsi.ant.service.socket" ], "removal": "replace" }, { "id": "com.ebay.carrier", "label": "com.ebay.carrier", "description": "Kind of weird ebay apps pre-installed by carriers.", "removal": "delete", "suppress": "LabelSameAsId" }, { "id": "com.ebay.mobile", "label": "eBay", "description": "Online shopping and selling app", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ebay.mobile" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.ehernandez.radiolainolvidable", "label": "Radio La Inolvidable Peru", "description": "Spanish Radio app (no longer exist)", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.emoji.keyboard.touchpal", "label": "TouchPal Emoji Keyboard", "description": "Developed by Cootek a chinese company.\nAdware (lots and lots of ads)", "web": [ "https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/google-banned-cootek-adware" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "keyboards" }, { "id": "com.eterno", "label": "Dailyhunt", "description": "Daily hunt news aggregator", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eterno" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "rss_readers" }, { "id": "com.evernote", "label": "Evernote", "description": "Popular note taking app", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.evernote", "https://evernote.com/privacy", "https://privacy.commonsense.org/evaluation/evernote" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "note_taking_apps" }, { "id": "com.example", "description": "Auto Dialer test", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.example.myapplication", "description": "Hidden app for testing:\nBattery, WiFi, Bluetooth", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.facebook.appmanager", "label": "Facebook App Manager", "description": "Handles Facebook apps updates.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.facebook.katana", "label": "Facebook", "description": "Facebook social media app", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.katana" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.facebook.lite", "description": "Facebook Lite app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.lite)\n", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.facebook.orca", "label": "Messenger", "description": "Facebook Messenger", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.orca" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.facebook.services", "label": "com.facebook.services", "description": "Facebook Services is a tool that lets you manage different Facebook services automatically using your Android device.\nIn particular, the tool focuses on searching for nearby shops and establishments based on your interests.\nI don't know if this a dependency for com.facebook.katana but nobody cares because we all want to delete all the Facebook stuff right ?", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.facebook.system", "label": "com.facebook.system", "description": "Facebook App Installer (empty shell app which incites you to install the Facebook app)", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.fet.fridaywallet", "description": "friDay Wealth Management\nProvides customized deposit goal progress management services\nhttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fet.fridaywallet", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.fido.asm", "description": "FIDO UAF1.0 ASM\nRelated to app fingerprint unlocking and payments. Safe to remove if you don't use password-less authentication to access online services.", "removal": "replace" }, { "id": "com.fido.uafclient", "description": "FIDO UAF1.0 Client\nProbably related to FIDO digital key gadget (Client), probably safe to remove if you don't have any.", "removal": "replace" }, { "id": "com.finshell.fin", "label": "FinShell Pay", "description": "Provides various Payment and Financial Services. Pretty bad privacy policy.", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.finshell.fin", "https://rwallet.finshell.co.in/html/user/privacy_policy.html" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.fintech.life", "description": "Chinese app that spoofs as a Singapore financial and/or payment app to show advertisement notifications (mostly loans)\nIt accesses locations, contacts, camera, mic by default, some people in Thailand also reported that they cannot use legitimate regional banking apps until this app was disabled or uninstalled with ADB method. While newer devices that start with Oppo ColorOS 13 and/or Realme UI 4 (around Android 13) are already baked in, it seems likely that it comes with a system update at older devices of those brands, so this is shady and constantly lost trust from many users.\nhttps://safereddit.com/r/Thailand/comments/1hzdwhr", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.galaxyfirsatlari", "label": "Galaxy Fırsatları", "description": "Samsung-only app for Turkish people\nRecommands you stuff to buy. You are supposed to save money but we all know this kind of apps\nEncourages consumption.\nExodus found 10 trackers and 17 permissions", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.galaxyfirsatlari", "https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/fr/reports/143830/" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.gd.mobicore.pa", "label": "RootPA", "description": "Mobicore is now Trustonic\nTrustonic is a small OS running on the CPU providing a TEE, an isolated environment that runs in parallel with the operating system, guaranteeing code and data loaded inside to be protected.\nSounds great, but it's closed source and \"normal\" devs can't use it for their apps.\nSee \"com.trustonic.tuiservice\"", "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "com.generalmobi.go2pay", "label": "Go2Pay", "description": "Payment app that offers mobile pre-paid recharges and post-paid bill payment, data card recharges and bill payment,\nDTH (Direct To Home Television) recharges through cashless transactions", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.generalmobi.go2pay" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.glance.internet", "label": "Glance for realme", "description": "Displays unsolicited \"trending\" stories on Lockscreen", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glance.internet" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.gohappy.mobileapp", "description": "Shopping app of friDay\nhttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gohappy.mobileacom.fetself", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.gotv.nflgamecenter.us.lite", "label": "NFL", "description": "NFL related latest news, highlights, stats & more", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gotv.nflgamecenter.us.lite" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.groupon", "label": "Groupon", "description": "Online shopping deals and coupons.", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.groupon", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupon#Reception" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.hancom.office.editor.hidden", "label": "Hancom Office Editor", "description": "Legacy Hancom Office Editor (Korean alternative to Microsoft Office). Featured in Samsung and LG phones", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.handmark.expressweather", "label": "1Weather", "description": "Forecasts alerts app (contain ads)", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.handmark.expressweather" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.handmark.expressweather.vpl", "label": "1Weather", "description": "Forecasts alerts app (contain ads)", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.haoba.btsmart", "label": "com.haoba.btsmart", "description": "Agui Unibuds", "removal": "delete", "warning": "May only be needed if you use Uniherts Ear Buds (Unibuds)" }, { "id": "com.haokan.pictorial", "description": "92 Lock Screen for RealMe\n92 is pronounce in Chinese as 'Hao Kan' (it's the company name), so it's a Chinese app. This not related to 'Lock Screen Magazine' and potentially inject ads in lock screen.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.heytap.accessory", "label": "Quick Connect", "dependencies": [ "com.heytap.mcs" ], "required_by": [ "com.oplus.synergy" ], "description": "AKA Accessory Framework\nQuick device connect feature. Can be disabled via hidden setting (Settings -> Search 'App Enhancement Services' -> Quick device connect) if not wanted.\nAllows you to search for nearby devices and connect to them without having to go through the Bluetooth or WiFi Direct settings' Ghosh! 32 permissions just for this?", "web": [ "https://beta.pithus.org/report/cc0ba95f0d0867ba6d883275cd2f6c4aa252ebc874f15f1ee240bb5bac330578" ], "removal": "replace" }, { "id": "com.huaqin.FM", "label": "com.huaqin.FM", "description": "Radio app from huaqin a chinese company\nNOTE : Transistor [https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.y20k.transistor/] is much better", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.huaqin.batteryinfo", "description": "Tests hardware things.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.huaqin.clearefs", "description": "Debugging logs Wifi, Bluetooth", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.huaqin.pocketbanreceiver", "description": "I found in code useless permissions BAN_BROADCAST and hello world!\nThis app means nothing.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.huaqin.sarcontroller", "description": "It have something like sar sensor, idk if it's for testing\nbut mainactivity have chinese words and sar is for radio regulations?", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.huaqin.shutdownservice", "description": "ShutdownAfterScreenOff10MinutesService. Not needed", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.hulu.plus", "label": "Hulu", "description": "TV shows & movies streaming app.\nFYI : Hulu is owned by Disney.", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hulu.plus", "https://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/hulu-vs-disney-plus/", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulu" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.idea.questionnare", "label": "com.idea.questionnare", "description": "[NEED MORE INFO / NEED APK] Quizz app from MobileIdea company?", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.ideashower.readitlater.pro", "label": "Pocket", "description": "Allows you to save an article or web page to remote servers for later reading\nWas purchased by Mozilla in 2017 but is still close source for now.\nOpen-source alternative : https://wallabag.org/", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ideashower.readitlater.pro", "https://getpocket.com/privacy", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_(service)" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.imdb.mobile", "label": "IMDb", "description": "IMDb mobile app", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.imdb.mobile", "https://www.imdb.com/privacy", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMDb" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.infraware.polarisoffice5", "label": "Polaris Office", "description": "Polaris Office from US Infraware Inc company (Microsoft Office like)\nhttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.infraware.office.link", "web": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polaris_Office" ], "removal": "replace" }, { "id": "com.instagram.android", "label": "Instagram", "description": "nstagram (from Meta) allows you to create and share your photos, stories, reels and videos with the friends and followers", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.instagram.android", "https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.ironsource.appcloud.oobe", "label": "AppCloud", "description": "AppCloud (discontinued) from ironSource, an advertising company", "web": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IronSource" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.ironsource.appcloud.oobe.huawei", "label": "Essential", "description": "An app that promotes some other apps (and encourages you to install them)\nDeveloped by IronSource, a \"next-generation advertising company\" \nhttps://aura.ironsrc.com/ (app) | https://company.ironsrc.com/ (company)\nWhen you try to read their privacy policy you arrive to an outstanding blank PDF file!", "web": [ "http://www.ironsrc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ironSource-Privacy-Policy.pdf" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.ironsoure.appcloud.oobe.wiko", "description": "Provides first time setup for Wiko mobile", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.king.candycrush4", "label": "Candy Crush Friends", "description": "A Candy Crush game (com.king.candycrushsaga) variant app", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.king.candycrush4", "https://www.king.com/privacyPolicy", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_Crush_Saga" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.king.candycrushsaga", "label": "Candy Crush Saga", "description": "Main Candy Crush game app.\nPre-installed in a lot of phones that helps its popularity", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.king.candycrushsaga", "https://www.king.com/privacyPolicy", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_Crush_Saga" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.king.candycrushsodasaga", "label": "Candy Crush Soda", "description": "A Candy Crush game (com.king.candycrushsaga) variant app", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.king.candycrushsodasaga", "https://www.king.com/privacyPolicy", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_Crush_Saga" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.kwai.video", "label": "Kwai", "description": "Just another one of the useless short video apps. Depending on the phone model, it may not be possible to uninstall properly but safe to disable. (Even disabled it still runs in the background).", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kwai.video" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.linkedin.android", "label": "Linkedin", "description": "One of the largest social network apps for online jobs", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.linkedin.android", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinkedIn" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.lookout", "label": "Lookout", "description": "Mobile Security & Antivirus by Lookout", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lookout" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.magiear.handsfree.assistant", "description": "Hands-Free Assistant\nOnly has permission activity voice from mediatek.\nhttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magiear.handsfree.assistant", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.mediatek", "label": "com.mediatek", "description": "Mediatek is a Taiwanese chipset manufacturer.\nCan someone share the apk? This package name is really weird.\nIt is most likely a set of general APIs for accessing general mediatek functionalities.", "removal": "unsafe", "warning": "Removing the app will cause bootloop." }, { "id": "com.mediatek.FrameworkResOverlayExt", "description": "DisplayCutout founded in code.", "removal": "unsafe" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.MtkSettingsResOverlay", "description": "Nothing found in this app.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.SettingsProviderResOverlay", "description": "Nothing found in this app.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.aovtestapp", "description": "It tests in camera something.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.atci.service", "description": "Well this code is hard to understand, it have only notification stuff and needed for ims wifi calling.", "removal": "replace" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.atmwifimeta", "label": "ATMWifiMeta", "description": "wifi data logger you don't want", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.autodialer", "description": "autodialer, have a lot useless code.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.batterywarning", "label": "com.mediatek.batterywarning", "description": "Issues warning when the battery is low or when the battery temperature is high.", "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.bluetooth.dtt", "description": "Bluetooth logging.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.calendarimporter", "label": "VCalendar", "description": "Useful in China where Google isn’t available, but not needed for Google users.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.callrecorder", "label": "Call Recorder", "description": "This is not the kind of feature expected from a Soc company.\nIf you remove this I guess you will not be able to record your calls from the stock dialer\nCan someone share the apk and verify this?", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.camera", "label": "Camera", "description": "Stock Camera app on some Mediatek phones.", "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "cameras" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.capctrl.service", "description": "It have mtkradioex. These are used for corporate deployment/controlling of devices.", "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.carrierexpress", "description": "Hidden operator configuration. it's Carrier Express app?\nalso in code there a lot stuff about Custom Operator.\nI dont know why it should be useful when it only has notifications:\nSIM card detected or Switching the carrier etc.\nit's useless.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.cellbroadcastuiresoverlay", "description": "This app have something to emergency.", "removal": "replace" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.dataprotection", "label": "Data Protection", "description": "Possibly related to user partition encryption/decryption.\nA device should works flawlessly without it.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.duraspeed", "description": "A frontend to a Mediatek service that fully takes over Android's own Adaptive Battery management. Uninstalling this app will only remove the UI component, but not the system service that it's controlling. To completely disable Duraspeed you need to have it enabled first, open Duraspeed app via Settings, and set the toggle to 'Off'. Otherwise Duraspeed service will continue running despite there not being a Duraspeed entry in Settings which will lead to unexpected app freezes that affect FOSS apps such as Dialers/Phones and messengers.", "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.emcamera", "description": "Useless camera calibration hidden app.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.engineermode", "label": "EngineerMode", "description": "Engineer mode you can access by dialing a secret code (*#*#3646633#*#* on some Xiaomi phones for instance)\nIt enables you to access the debug/logged data and some hidden firmware settings.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.entitlement.fcm", "description": "it's only FCM(Firebase Cloud Messaging). No activities, google firebase. Not needed.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.factorymode", "description": "Tests hardware things.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.frameworkresoverlay", "description": "It have something to config AOD.\nAnd power saving.", "removal": "unsafe" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.gba", "description": "Generic Bootstrapping Architecture.\nHas ims, X-TMUS-IMEI, bsf.msg.lab.t-mobile.com things to encrypted calls ims probably\n(thinking by looking at the classes.dex code). Connects to site bsf.ims.mncXXX.pub.3gppnetwork.org.", "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.gbaservice", "description": "Generic Bootstrapping Architecture. A ‘common ground’ of code used for many MediaTek apps.\nCan be removed if all other MediaTek apps are removed.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.gnss.nonframeworklbs", "description": "Have hidden activity and it's maybe for debug location requests, modem, VoWiFi and more.\nNot useful.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.gnssdebugreport", "label": "GnssDebugReport", "description": "Hidden debug stuff.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.gpslocationupdate", "label": "GPSLocationUpdate", "description": "Info about gps and notifications. Probably not needed for location.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.ims", "label": "com.mediatek.im", "description": "Mediatek's implementation of IMS (low-level implementation?)\nIMS(Ip Multimedia Subsystem) is an open industry standard for voice and multimedia communications over packet-based IP networks (VoLTE/VoIP/Wifi calling).", "web": [ "https://www.programmersought.com/article/50164530665/" ], "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.ims.pco", "label": "com.mediatek.ims.pco", "description": "Protocol Configuration Options service for IMS\nIMS(IP Multimedia Subsystem) is an open industry standard for voice and multimedia communications over packet-based IP networks (VoLTE/VoIP/Wifi calling). This package enable automatic configuration pushed by your carrier.", "removal": "caution", "warning": "Maybe needed if you use IMS" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.ims.rcsua.service", "description": "Needed to support IMS, RCS probably.", "removal": "replace" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.lbs.em2.ui", "label": "LocationEM2", "description": "Another GPS status/testing app. Removing it doesn’t stop GPS from working.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.location.lppe.main", "label": "LPPe Service", "description": "LPPE = LTE Positioning Protocol enhancements/extensions (LTE = \"4G\")\nPositioning and assistance protocol between E-SMLC (mobile location center) and UE (User Equipement = phone)\nI don't know the app has the permission to read SMS", "web": [ "https://www.gpsworld.com/wirelessexpert-advice-positioning-protocol-next-gen-cell-phones-11125/" ], "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.location.mtkgeofence", "description": "Mtk Geofence\nOnly logs in code", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.location.mtknlp", "label": "Mtk Nlp", "description": "Network Location Provider? This app has location permissions and no code.", "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.magtapp", "description": "MAGTApp\nUnknown, has GameEventService, MAGTEventAppReceiver, but code doesn't look very useful.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.mdmconfig", "label": "MDMConfig", "description": "Mobile Device Management (MDM) allows company’s IT department to reach inside your phone in the background, allowing them to ensure your device is secure, know where it is, and remotely erase your data if the phone is stolen.\nIt's a way to ensure employees stay productive and do not breach corporate policies\nYou should NEVER have a MDM tool on your personal phone. Never.\nThis package probably isn't a MDM tool on its own but you definitively don't need it on your phone.\nCan someone share the apk?", "web": [ "https://blog.cdemi.io/never-accept-an-mdm-policy-on-your-personal-phone/" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.mdmlsample", "label": "MDMLSample", "description": "It looks like debugging app.\nBut I found some words SUBSCRIBE_TRAP, OTA, VoLTE\nOther data is a lot of debugging code so it's not needed.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.miravision.ui", "description": "it's for SmartScreen and display effects.\nBUT I think it's not available and it's so bloated.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.mt6879.gamedriver", "description": "Mediatek Arm GPU Game Driver\nGPU Game drivers for Mediatek MT6879CPU.", "removal": "unsafe" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.mt6983.gamedriver", "description": "Arm GPU Game Driver", "removal": "unsafe" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.mtklogger", "label": "MTKLogger", "description": "Logs debug data. Has a lot of permissions and run in background all the time.\nDon't keep useless apps: reduce the attack surface\nVulnerability found in this app in 2016", "web": [ "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10135" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.mtklogger.proxy", "description": "Logs debug data.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.mms.appservice", "label": "com.mediatek.mms.appservice", "description": "Provides Voice message, Video message, Fax message, Text message in a messaging app?", "removal": "caution", "suppress": "LabelSameAsId" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.nlpservice", "label": "Mediatek Network Location Provider", "description": "Provides periodic reports on the geographical location of the device. Each provider has a set of criteria under which it may be used. For example, some providers require GPS hardware and visibility to a number of satellites, while others require the use of the cellular radio, or access to a specific carrier's network, or to the internet.\nI don't understand why this is needed; there already is one in 'com.google.android.gms'\nI wonder if NLP can be replaced by https://github.com/microg/UnifiedNlp\nI suggest testing if you get a better signal/battery performance with Mediatek NLP on or off.", "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.omacp", "label": "Omacp", "description": "omacp = OMA Client Provisioning. A protocol specified by the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA).\nConfiguration messages parser. Used for provisioning APN settings to devices via SMS.\nIn my case, it was automatic and I never needed configuration messages.\nMaybe it's useful if carriers change their APN. But you can still change the config manually, it's not difficult.\nDunno why Mediatek handles this kind of things. Safe to remove. At worst, you'll need to manually config your APN.\nOMACP can be abused.", "web": [ "https://research.checkpoint.com/2019/advanced-sms-phishing-attacks-against-modern-android-based-smartphones/", "https://www.zdnet.com/article/samsung-huawei-lg-and-sony-phones-vulnerable-to-rogue-provisioning-messages/" ], "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.presence", "description": "App used to IMS, RCS. IP Voice Call.", "removal": "replace" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.providers.drm", "label": "DRM provider", "description": " It actually Beep Science is MediaTek’s default DRM vendor\nProbably required for some forms of DRM; disabling might break things like Netflix streaming, which relies on DRM to function.", "web": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management" ], "removal": "replace" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.schpwronoff", "description": "Set schedule power on & off.", "removal": "replace" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.sensorhub.ui", "description": "Testing sensors.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.simprocessor", "label": "com.mediatek.simprocessor", "description": "This controls and imports contacts saved on a SIM card. Not needed if you don't store your contacts on the SIM card", "removal": "replace" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.smartratswitch.service", "description": "it handles switching connection between network types. (4G/5G)", "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.systemuiresoverlay", "description": "It have nothing in code.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.systemuiwmshellresoverlay", "description": "config pip_corner_radius only found.", "removal": "unsafe" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.telephony", "description": "allows you to get information about the available \nSIMs/subscriptions and listen for changes or activity on the SIM cards, such as call or data activity or \nconnected cell details. In addition, the API enables apps to create SMS messages and send them using \na specific SIM card. it's not useful.", "removal": "replace" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.thermalmanager", "label": "MTK Thermal Manager", "description": "Hidden testing or logging app.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.voicecommand", "description": "It's for voice commands like control music playing or voice control for alarm, camera.\nBut how to get access to it?\nProbably you need that for voice recognition but not sure.\nMaybe related to https://www.mediatek.com/products/smart-home/voice-assistant-devices", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.voiceunlock", "description": "It's for voice commands like control music playing or voice control for alarm, camera.\nBut how to get access to it?\nProbably you need that for voice recognition but not sure.\nMaybe related to https://www.mediatek.com/products/smart-home/voice-assistant-devices", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.wfo.impl", "label": "com.mediatek.wfo.impl", "description": "According to olorin, it's a MediaTek’s default fingerprint app (and he removed it).\nCan someone confirm what this package does?\nRemember that any pre-installed apps you don't actually need just increase the surface attack.\nAny app co-located on the device could modify a system property through an exported interface without proper authorization.\nVulnerability found in 2019", "web": [ "https://www.olorin.me/2019/09/08/debloating-the-umidigi-f1-play/", "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15368" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.ygps", "label": "YGPS", "description": "GPS test and bug report utilities, accessed via Engineer Mode. Not needed.", "removal": "replace" }, { "id": "com.mediatek.zramwritebackoverlay", "description": "config zramWriteback = true. What is this used for?", "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "com.micredit.in", "label": "Mi Credit", "description": "App providing loans to MIUI users from India and China", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.micredit.in.gp", "https://web.archive.org/web/20221207193942/https://onsitego.com/blog/xiaomi-quietly-discontinues-mi-credit-mi-pay-india/" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.microsoft.appmanager", "label": "Link to Windows", "description": "Microsoft app for synchronising your phone with a Windows PC.", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.appmanager" ], "removal": "replace" }, { "id": "com.microsoft.office.excel", "label": "Microsoft Excel", "description": "Spreadsheets, business collaboration, charts and data analysis tool from Microsoft", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.office.excel" ], "removal": "replace" }, { "id": "com.microsoft.office.officehub", "label": "Microsoft Office Mobile", "description": "Includes the complete Word, PowerPoint, and Excel apps to offer a convenient office experience on the go.", "removal": "replace" }, { "id": "com.microsoft.office.officehubhl", "label": "Office Mobile hub", "description": "Office Mobile hub (on Samsung Phone)\nIncludes the complete Word, PowerPoint, and Excel apps to offer a convenient office experience on the go.", "removal": "replace" }, { "id": "com.microsoft.office.officehubrow", "label": "Microsoft 365 (Office)", "description": "Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF scanner/editor, Cloud services...all in one app", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.office.officehubrow" ], "removal": "replace" }, { "id": "com.microsoft.office.onenote", "label": "Microsoft OneNote", "description": "Note taking app from Microsoft.\nThis app has a lot of permissions. For example it has access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls...", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.office.onenote" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "note_taking_apps" }, { "id": "com.microsoft.office.outlook", "label": "Microsoft Outlook", "description": "Microsoft email application", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.office.outlook" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "email_clients" }, { "id": "com.microsoft.office.powerpoint", "label": "Microsoft PowerPoint", "description": "Microsoft presentation and slides app", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.office.outlook" ], "removal": "replace" }, { "id": "com.microsoft.office.word", "label": "Microsoft Word", "description": "Create, edit, share microsoft Word documents much like you do on your PC", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.office.word" ], "removal": "replace" }, { "id": "com.microsoft.skydrive", "label": "Microsoft OneDrive", "description": "Cloud storage app from Microsoft", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.skydrive" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "cloud_services" }, { "id": "com.microsoft.translator", "label": "Microsoft Translator", "description": "Translate text, voice, conversations, camera photos and screenshots etc with microsoft translator", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.translator" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "translators" }, { "id": "com.monotype.android.font.applemint", "description": "Font", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.monotype.android.font.chococooky", "label": "ChocoEUKor font", "description": "Font", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.monotype.android.font.cooljazz", "label": "CoolEUKor font", "description": "Font", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.monotype.android.font.foundation", "label": "Foundation font", "description": "Font", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.monotype.android.font.rosemary", "label": "RoseEUKor font", "description": "Font", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.monotype.android.font.tinkerbell", "description": "Font", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.mtk.telephony", "description": "SimRecoveryTestTool", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.netflix.mediaclient", "label": "Netflix", "description": "Popular TV shows and movies streaming application", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.netflix.mediaclient" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "streaming_apps" }, { "id": "com.netflix.partner.activation", "label": "PartnerNetflixActivation", "description": "Apk file name: By_3rd_NetflixActivationOverSeas\nSome form of activation of Netflix account, subscription or app? Might be what puts the Netflix app icon on the homescreen. Not sure.\nNetflix app works without this.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.nextradioapp.nextradio", "label": "NextRadio", "description": "Adware FM radio\n3rd-party app which lets you experience live and local FM radio on your smartphone.", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nextradioapp.nextradio" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "radios" }, { "id": "com.niksoftware.snapseed", "label": "Snapseed", "description": "Google photo editor", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.niksoftware.snapseed" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.nuance.swype.input", "label": "Swype", "description": "Swype keyboard by Nuance", "web": [ "https://www.nuance.com/mobile/mobile-applications/swype/android.html", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swype" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "keyboards" }, { "id": "com.oem.rftoolkit", "label": "RfToolkit", "description": "Testing things like Wi-Fi, lots of Chinese words", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.omusic.gPhone", "description": "friDay music\nA treasure house of global music, thousands of situational playlists, complete classification of Chinese, Western, Japanese and Korean, classical, and original soundtracks, allowing you to easily travel the digital music world.\nhttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.omusic.gPhone", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.opera.branding", "label": "Opera Branding Provider", "description": "Don't know what it really does.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.opera.branding.news", "label": "Opera News Branding Provider", "description": "Don't know what it really does.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.opera.max.oem", "label": "Opera Max", "description": "System-wide data-saving proxy that funnell all app data through Opera’s servers to compress images and videos (discontinued)", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.opera.max.preinstall", "label": "Opera Max", "description": "System-wide data-saving proxy that funnell all app data through Opera’s servers to compress images and videos (discontinued)", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.opera.mini.native", "label": "Opera Mini", "description": "Tracks your online activities, which are linked to your unique ID.\nIt has built-in VPN for 'free', which Restore Privacy describe as a 'data collection tool in disguise'.", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.opera.mini.native", "https://www.opera.com/privacy", "https://restoreprivacy.com/vpn/reviews/opera-vpn/", "https://privacytests.org/android.html" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "browsers" }, { "id": "com.opera.preinstall", "label": "Opera Preinstall Data", "description": "Generates utm tracking stuff", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.opos.cs", "label": "com.opos.cs", "description": "Hot Apps\nGenerate app folders on home screen that recommended sponsored apps and games.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.pandora.android", "label": "Pandora", "description": "Very intrusive music and podcasts app.\nExodus report: 17 permissions and 14 trackers", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pandora.android", "https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/reports/com.pandora.android/latest/" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "music_apps" }, { "id": "com.particlenews.newsbreak", "label": "NewsBreak", "description": "News provided by NewsBreak (https://www.newsbreak.com/)", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.particlenews.newsbreak", "https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/com.particlenews.newsbreak/latest/" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "rss_readers" }, { "id": "com.phonepe.app", "label": "PhonePe", "description": "PhonePe is a payment app that allows indian users to use BHIM UPI, your credit card and debit card or wallet to recharge your mobile phone.\nPay your utility bills and also make instant payments at offline and online stores.", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.phonepe.app", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhonePe" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.pinsight.dw", "label": "App Stack", "description": "Force-installed app by Sprint. Pinsight is an advertising company\nNote: Sprint sold Pinsight to InMobi in 2018.", "web": [ "https://pinsightmedia.com/", "https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/sprint-sells-mobile-ad-biz-pinsight-media-to-inmobi" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.pinsight.v1", "label": "com.pinsight.v1", "description": "App Spotlight\nMakes you discover new apps from the Google Play store. The selection criteria is unknown.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.pivotmobile.android.metrics", "label": "com.pivotmobile.android.metrics", "description": "Pivot Mobile is a popular game developer famously known for its Swimmy Turtle game.\nSub-downloaded by third-party apps; used for 'data consumption & ad' tracking.\nCommonly found in Lenovo & Motorola devices.", "web": [ "https://howtofixapp.com/com-pivotmobile-android-metrics/", "https://basicknowledgehub.com/com-pivotmobile-android-metrics/", "https://beta.pithus.org/report/dd41b027c2999fb9d5b023e4171c238b6f0b9edfb9087703e9d64c3f6148530d" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.playphone.gamestore", "label": "com.playphone.gamestore", "description": "Playphone Gamestore (https://www.playphone.com/)\n\"Helps\" you discover the \"best\" Android games and connects you to a global gaming community. Sounds Amazing !", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.playphone.gamestore.loot", "label": "com.playphone.gamestore.loot", "description": "Loot \nPremium service from playphone ?", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.pure.indosat.care", "label": "myIM3", "description": "App provided by Indosat Ooredoo, an Internet provider from Indonesia.\nEnables Indosat users to manage prepaid and postpaid numbers and check their credit and payments, purchase data packs, calls, SMS...", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pure.indosat.care" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qti.confuridialer", "label": "Conference URI dialer", "description": "Conference call service for digital signal (SIP/VoIP).\nIt's hidden and no apps use it.", "removal": "replace" }, { "id": "com.qti.dcf", "description": "I found only: DCF Allows an application to share content using Bluetooth.\nThe application is only allowed to broadcast the content as it already has access to remote devices. These things are not available for users.\nQualcomm only said these things, but where is the code?\nThis app is without code so it's safe to remove.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qti.diagservices", "label": "com.qti.diagservices", "description": "Starts process when plugged into a PC (with debugging on, haven't tried off) and then runs until stopped.\nDiagnostic services Presumably tests to collect hardware data.\nsize of this package is 12 KB and have Diag_OnBoot, QTIDiagServices.\nHas permission: RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED.", "removal": "delete", "suppress": "LabelSameAsId" }, { "id": "com.qti.dpmserviceapp", "label": "com.qti.dpmserviceapp", "description": "Data Power Manager for the radio?\nUsed to improve energy efficiency?\nIn code I found something like this:\ndpm hal server, read procid\nit's still unknown.", "removal": "caution", "suppress": "LabelSameAsId" }, { "id": "com.qti.ltebc", "label": "LTE Broadcast Manager", "description": "Runs on boot, but not in the background beyond that.", "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "com.qti.pasrservice", "description": "Has powersaving things, device idle mode changer to screen on/off.", "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "com.qti.phone", "description": "dialer, dialing service, for phone calls.\nHas IMS things, optimizations?, its weird that calling works after remove, has code related to 'com.qualcomm.qcrilmsgtunnel',\nChina Mobile Communications Corporation(China Mobile) SIM card things.", "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "com.qti.powermodule", "description": "it's for powersaving? have more debugging stuff than powersaving.", "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "com.qti.qcc", "description": "QCC\nHave a lot of stuff about logs, testing framework for Android with Robolectric, LTE Broadcast.\nIntroduced in android 13.\nHave png file qdma = Qualcomm Device Management and Analytics.\nSo it's only spyware.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qti.qualcomm.datastatusnotification", "label": "com.qti.qualcomm.datastatusnotification", "description": "Sends you a message when you reach a specified data limit?\nContains a service, but I've never it run. But I've also never run out of data or used the Android data warning system.", "web": [ "https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2016/05/02/qualcomm-trupalette-brings-your-phones-display-life" ], "removal": "caution", "warning": "On HyperOS, disabling this package results in the mobile networks section to break as well as SIMs showing no service.", "suppress": "LabelSameAsId" }, { "id": "com.qti.qualcomm.deviceinfo", "label": "Device Info", "description": "Hidden device info activity not available for users.\nIt's safe to remove and you will not loose device info in settings.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qti.qualcomm.mstatssystemservice", "description": "Useless network statistics, package usage.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qti.service.colorservice", "label": "com.qti.service.colorservice", "description": "Allows the application to directly affect the device's display paramter.\nAFAIK no apps use it.", "removal": "delete", "suppress": "LabelSameAsId" }, { "id": "com.qti.slaservice", "description": "Service Level Agreement (SLA) protocol that analyzes network performance, quality of service, \nand provides users with various parameters of network quality of service, \nsuch as: jitter delay, file transfer rate, TCP latency. BUT it's placebo.\nuses permission com.miui.analytics.onetrack.TRACK_EVENT also have a lot chinese stuff.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qti.snapdragon.qdcm_ff", "label": "QDCM-FF", "description": "Qualcomm Display Color Management tool\nAttempts to \"make colors look vibrant and true to life\". No idea if it actually does something useful or if it's only some garbage dynamic color tuning (they tend to destroy colors).\nContains a service, but I've never seen it run on my Oneplus 9. Could be tied to color \"improvement\" settings in Settings->Display (all of which are off for me).", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qti.xdivert", "label": "Smart-Divert", "description": "If enabled, diverts your calls to another number.\nYou can choose to divert all calls, divert on no reply or divert when the line is busy.\nWhere can you enable/disable this feature?", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.atfwd", "label": "com.qualcomm.atfwd", "description": "Used to send AT command messages from/to the modem\nAttention commands commands are a collection of short-string commands developed in the early 1980s \nthat were designed to be transmitted via phone lines and control modems. Different AT command strings can be merged together \nto tell a modem to dial, hang up, or change connection parameters. \nSmartphones include a basic modem component inside them, which allows the smartphone to connect to the Internet \nvia its telephony function.\nThis can be abused. It's been known for many years that Android devices are vulnerable to attacks carried out via AT commands.", "web": [ "https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/smartphones-from-11-oems-vulnerable-to-attacks-via-hidden-at-commands/" ], "removal": "delete", "suppress": "LabelSameAsId" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.atfwd2", "description": "This is the same app as the 'com.qualcomm.atfwd'.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.cabl", "label": "Content Adaptive Backlight Settings", "description": "This app will try to adjust the image being displaye by changing the contrast/quality/image backlight depending on \nthe content on the screen.\nDownside to this is loss of dynamic range which results in some colors being washed out/clipped.\nCABL != Auto brightness (which doesn't change the content of the screen, only the brightness)\nNOTE: You may want to remove this. It does not work very well on many phones.", "web": [ "https://mobileinternist.com/disable-adaptive-brightness-android" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.embms", "label": "com.qualcomm.embms", "description": "Runs on boot, but not in the background beyond that?\nAdds support for eMBMS(evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service), also known as: LTE Broadcast\nEnables carriers to send content using multicast/broadcast (same content to many users at the same time) instead of unicast(to a single user).\nIt's a more efficient use of network resources compared to users receiving the same content individually.\nProbably safe to disable if you don't care about multi/broad-casts.", "web": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia_Broadcast_Multicast_Service" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.fastdormancy", "label": "com.qualcomm.fastdormancy", "description": "Provide Fast Dormancy feature/setting in the dialer (reduce battery consumption and network utilization during periods of data inactivity)", "web": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Dormancy" ], "removal": "replace" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.location", "label": "LocationServices", "description": "Runs in the background as part of the system. Runs even if disabled, so probably pointless to disable.\nPeriodically sends a unique software ID, location (lat, long, alt, and their uncertainty), nearby cellular towers and Wi-Fi hotspots and their signal strength to Qualcomm servers.", "web": [ "https://www.qualcomm.com/site/privacy/services" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.location.XT", "description": "Qualcomm IZat. it's hidden XT Activity. Location for Qualcomm. It's a bad idea to keep it.\nPeriodically sends a unique software ID, location (lat, long, alt, and their uncertainty), nearby cellular towers and Wi-Fi hotspots and their signal strength to Qualcomm servers.\nhttps://www.qualcomm.com/site/privacy/services", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.location.XT.setup", "description": "Qualcomm IZat\nIts hidden Setup XT location for Qualcomm. It's a bad idea to keep it.\nPeriodically sends a unique software ID, location (lat, long, alt, and their uncertainty), nearby cellular towers and Wi-Fi hotspots and their signal strength to Qualcomm servers.\nhttps://www.qualcomm.com/site/privacy/services", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qcom_qmi", "description": "qchat logo png founded also Hello World! and app_name Qchat_QMI\nthis app has no code and no activities so safe to remove.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qcrilmsgtunnel", "label": "com.qualcomm.qcrilmsgtunnel", "description": "Message receiving channel (secondary card can't turn on 5g).\nIf you don't use dual-sim it's safe to remove.", "removal": "caution", "warning": "Breaks calls after a reboot on some phones", "suppress": "LabelSameAsId" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.accesscache", "description": "CarrierAccessCacheService\nWell it's only name app and no code.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.auth.fidocryptoservice", "label": "FidoCryptoService", "description": "Qualcomm FIDO implementation.\nFido is a set of open technical specifications for mechanisms of authenticating users to online services that do not depend on passwords.", "web": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIDO_Alliance", "https://fidoalliance.org/specs/u2f-specs-1.0-bt-nfc-id-amendment/fido-glossary.html", "https://fidoalliance.org/specs/fido-v2.0-rd-20170927/fido-overview-v2.0-rd-20170927.html" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.auth.sampleauthenticatorservice", "description": "it's only Sample,\nnothing important found in the code", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.auth.sampleextauthservice", "description": "it's only Sample,\nnothing important found in the code", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.auth.secureextauthservice", "description": "it's only Sample,\nnothing important found in the code", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.auth.securesampleauthservice", "description": "it's only Sample,\nnothing important found in the code", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.autoregistration", "label": "com.qualcomm.qti.autoregistration", "description": "Collects device activation data to remotely activate phone warranty.\nIn 2019 this package sent private data (IMEI, CELLID, CCID) in clear-text to zzhc.vnet.cn (chinese server). According to HMD (Nokia) it was a mistake.", "web": [ "https://www.androidauthority.com/nokia-7-plus-user-info-967901/" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.biometrics.fingerprint.service", "label": "com.qualcomm.qti.biometrics.fingerprint.service", "description": "Fingerprint authentication not used by any app, maybe only china.\nTests temperature, debug, logs, fingerprint biometrics.", "removal": "caution", "suppress": "LabelSameAsId" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.callenhancement", "label": "CallEnhancement", "description": "Supposed to enhance call quality (I'll let you test if it really does)\nThis can record your phone calls. A vulnerability was found in 2019, allowing unauthorized microphone audio recording by 3rd-party apps.", "web": [ "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15472" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.callfeaturessetting", "label": "CallFeatureSetting", "description": "Hidden call forwarding, call waiting settings. Not available for users.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.cne", "label": "CneApp", "description": "Connectivity Engine that runs in the background as part of the System.\nEnables seamless hand-off between mobile data and Wi-Fi networks. Can also dynamically measure network performance to prioritize using the best one (I think that's part of \"Intelligently select the best Wi-Fi\" in settings).\nProbably worth keeping on; I noticed connection reliability getting worse when I disabled it.", "web": [ "https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2013/07/02/qualcomms-cne-bringing-smarts-3g4g-wi-fi-seamless-interworking", "https://programmersought.com/article/35091829299/" ], "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.confdialer", "label": "ConfDialer", "description": "LTE Conferencing Service.", "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.devicestatisticsservice", "label": "com.qualcomm.qti.devicestatisticsservice", "description": "Device statistics service Statistics of the phone's usage: data, Wifi, battery, the use of various software, number of SMS and emails sent, etc.\nIt's not very useful, can be removed.", "removal": "delete", "suppress": "LabelSameAsId" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.dynamicddsservice", "label": "com.qualcomm.qti.dynamicddsservice", "description": "Dynamic DDS Service\nDDS = Direct Digital Synthesizer. Supposedly useful for testing, communication and frequency sweep applications. Some apps may use this for local communication between devices? I'm guessing this is related to sending data through audio(a bunch of rapid beeps outside of the range of human hearing), which I believe Google Home used(still uses?) at one point as an option to connect to a Chromecast.", "web": [ "https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/1996/05/07/qualcomm-introduces-new-high-speed-dual-direct-digital-synthesizer", "https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/technical-articles/direct-digital-synthesis/" ], "removal": "caution", "suppress": "LabelSameAsId" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.gpudrivers.kalama.api33", "description": "Adreno Graphics Drivers", "removal": "unsafe" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.gpudrivers.kona.api30", "description": "Adreno Graphics Drivers\nGPU drivers for Snapdragon 865 and 870.", "removal": "unsafe" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.gpudrivers.lahaina.api30", "description": "Adreno Graphics Drivers\nGPU drivers for Snapdragon 888.", "removal": "unsafe" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.gpudrivers.lito.api30", "description": "Adreno Graphics Drivers\nGPU drivers for Snapdragon 765G.", "removal": "unsafe" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.gpudrivers.sm6150.api30", "description": "Adreno Graphics Drivers\nGPU drivers for Snapdragon 675.\nBut actually I have Snapdragon 732G\nit's weird but keep it.", "removal": "unsafe" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.gpudrivers.taro.api31", "description": "Adreno Graphics Drivers\nGPU drivers", "removal": "unsafe" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.improvetouch.service", "label": "com.qualcomm.qti.improvetouch.service", "description": "A improve touch things was found in the code, but it is not available to users, only to developers.\nThe size of the app is 36.40 KB, so why would this improve touch?\nThis app does not exist on some xiaomi phones, and the touch works the same.", "removal": "caution", "suppress": "LabelSameAsId" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.ims", "label": "com.qualcomm.qti.ims", "description": "Hidden IMS Settings activity not available for users.\nIn this app, you can only turn on this option: Auto reject incoming calls.", "removal": "delete", "suppress": "LabelSameAsId" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.loadcarrier", "description": "CarrierLoadService\nHave only things like a: Find carrier, carrier switch.\nit's useless.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.lpa", "label": "com.qualcomm.qti.lpa", "description": "lpa = Local Profile Assistants\nRuns on boot, but not in the background beyond that.\nCode has a lot of references to UIM(User Identity Module, which is SIM-related)\nOnly useful if you use an eSIM? (electronic SIM)\nAllows users to choose and change their subscription data when switching between network operators/carriers.", "web": [ "https://developer.qualcomm.com/blog/rise-esims-and-isims-and-their-impact-iot\nhttps://source.android.com/devices/tech/connect/esim-overview" ], "removal": "replace", "suppress": "LabelSameAsId" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.modemtestmode", "description": "Modem test", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.networksetting", "label": "Network operators", "description": "A hidden settings menu that lets you select network modes like GSM only, WCDMA only, LTE only etc, toggle VoLTE On/Off...", "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.optinoverlay", "label": "com.qualcomm.qti.optinoverlay", "description": "Useless frameworks for com.qualcomm.location.XT it's probably dialogues.\nAnyway it's only legal notices.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.perfdump", "label": "Perfdump", "description": "Performance dump (logging)\nEnable a more accurate overview of the running services (and maybe how much power/RAM they take?)", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.performancemode", "label": "Performance Mode", "description": "Hidden Performance Mode activity not available for users.\nIt's on Xiaomi, OnePlus.\nRemoval does not brick performance mode.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.poweroffalarm", "label": "PowerOffAlarm", "description": "Probably what enables alarms to start the device from an off state.\nRuns on boot and when you open a clock app.", "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.powersavemode", "description": "It have hidden power saving modes.\nUsers cant use it.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.qccauthmgr", "label": "QCC-AUTHMGR", "description": "It has something to with (com.qualcomm.qti.smq).\nFeedback stuff, something about key: blacklist, download or whatever. All of them look like telemetry, and it's all not available for users.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.qccnetstat", "description": "useless network statistics also QCC in name qualcomm app is for analytics.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.qcolor", "label": "QColor", "description": "QTI enhanced color mode? I found a png file, color service, it's not needed for any apps.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.qcom_accesslogkit", "description": "Theres nothing about logs. I only found in receivers (c Broadcast Receiver)\nand some useless png, text files. Useless.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.qdcmtpg", "description": "layout but not sure for what. a lot useless code, and internet permission", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.qdma", "label": "QDMA", "description": "QDMA = Qualcomm Device Management and Analytics.\nA lot of data collections: logs, dropbox, network.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.qmmi", "label": "QMMI", "description": "QMMI is a test app made by Qualcomm. It is used by service center to test the working of the various device components.", "web": [ "https://community.phones.nokia.com/discussion/52566/android-10-on-nokia-8-1/p19\nUseless for end-users." ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.qms.service.connectionsecurity", "label": "com.qualcomm.qti.qms.service.connectionsecurity", "description": "Telemetry service\nqms = quality management service\nBackground-Connection to tls.telemetry.swe.quicinc.com (Host/Domain belongs to Qualcomm)", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.qms.service.credentials", "description": "QMS = Quality Management Service. In code I found logs and QMS spying things.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.qms.service.telemetry", "label": "Qualcomm Mobile Security", "description": "Telemetry service. Obviously phones to Qualcomm.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.qms.service.trustzoneaccess", "description": "QMS always spying. Trust Zone in this app means nothing more than logs.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.qtisettings", "label": "com.qualcomm.qti.qtisettings", "description": "In code found getting info about device Ram Size, Rom Size, get Wifi Mac Address, is Settings Task Done.\nAlso in app found qtisystemservice code.\nIt looks like the app is for developers only, so it may be removed.", "removal": "caution", "suppress": "LabelSameAsId" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.qtisystemservice", "label": "com.qualcomm.qti.qtisystemservice", "description": "Seems to only log stuff related to telephony?\nA user removed this without noticing any issues.", "removal": "replace", "suppress": "LabelSameAsId" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.qwes.AndroidService", "description": "qms, qwes it's used for collecting user data.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.rcsimsbootstraputil", "label": "com.qualcomm.qti.rcsimsbootstraputil", "description": "RCS Service\nRCS = Rich Communication Services.\nRCS is a communication protocol between mobile telephone carriers and between phone and carrier, aiming at replacing SMS.\nUses IP protocol so it needs an internet connection.\nIt's a hot mess right now. It aims at being universal but only exists in Samsung Messages and Google Messages, because Google hasn't released a public API yet, so 3rd-party apps can't support it.\nIn a lot of countries messages go through Google's Jibe servers.\nCan anybody check if this is needed for VolTE/VoWifi?", "web": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Communication_Services", "https://jibe.google.com/policies/terms/", "https://pocketnow.com/why-you-should-probably-avoid-googles-rcs-text-messaging-chat-feature" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.remoteSimlockAuth", "label": "com.qualcomm.qti.remoteSimlockAuth", "description": "Enable you to lock/unlock your eSIM remotely.\nSeems more of a security risk to me than anything else.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.ridemodeaudio", "description": "Ridemode Recording list\nHidden app, not available for users that should be the audio playback of the drive mode.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.roamingsettings", "label": "Roaming Settings", "description": "Hidden settings menu for tweaking roaming settings? How exactly do you access this menu?", "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.seccamservice", "label": "SecCamService", "description": "Only collects data about camera.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.seemp.service", "description": "Useless code and it's probably to verify packages.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.server.qtiwifi", "description": "it's made for analytics.\nThis service can be used to have oem specific feature development. \nCurrently this service is being used to collect CSI data from cfrtool \nvia hidl and then pass the data to application(user level).", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.server.wigig.tethering.rro", "description": "Only found dhcp range? Only the specified lists were found: 192.168. ...\nIt have a lot random of this.\nLooks very unused.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.services.secureui", "label": "Secure UI Service", "description": "It collects your data about screen:gravity, orientation, id, layout_width.\nIt has a Wifi Display Service. QC_WFD\nDoes not run in the background.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.services.systemhelper", "label": "System Helper Service", "description": "Runs \"SysHelperService\" in the background as part of the system.\nPermissions: DEVICE_POWER, READ_PHONE_STATE, READ_PRIVILEGED_PHONE_STATE, RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED, WRITE_SETTINGS, WAKE_LOCK and ACCESS_SURFACE_FLINGER.\nAndroid simple network firewall utility service. On a RedMi Note 13 running HyperOS 2.6.0, no application is running after uninstalling this package.", "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.simcontacts", "label": "SimContacts", "description": "Hidden Qualcomm sim contacts editor app.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.simsettings", "label": "com.qualcomm.qti.simsettings", "description": "Related to SIM settings? Exact nature is unclear.", "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.smcinvokepkgmgr", "description": "This app have nothing.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.smq", "label": "com.qualcomm.qti.smq", "description": "QTR (Qualcomm Technology Reporting)\nRuns on boot.\nSeems like a telemetry package, supposedly sending hardware & software type, configuration and performance data.\nContains a \"QtiFeedbackActivity\" called \"Hardware Feedback\". When that hidden activity is launched through Activity Launcher you get a screen showing just a checkbox and this text:\n\"Collecting hardware and software type, configuration, and performance data helps Qualcomm improve next generation device battery life, security, and performance. Untick to disable.\"\nUnticking isn't remembered; it's ticked again next time you enter. There's also a \"Learn More\" link that leads to: http://reporting.qti.qualcomm.com/learnmore_en.html which doesn't load for me.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.telephony.vodafonepack", "label": "com.qualcomm.qti.telephony.vodafonepack", "description": "Related to Vodafone Prepaid Recharge Plan\nIf you're not a Vodafone client but still has this package on your phone you can delete it.\nFor Vodafone client, I don't know what this package does.", "web": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodafone" ], "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.telephonyservice", "description": "Sound processing during phonecalls.\nRuns in the background.\nVital package for making calls.", "removal": "unsafe" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.uceshimservice", "label": "uceShimService", "description": "UCE shim service\nUCE = User Capability Exchange. A shim is basically a compatibility layer for an API, that makes sure anything that uses the API does so correctly.\nUsed for RCS. Provides a discovery service for users to see the capabilities of other users.\nUCE is based on SIP PUBLISH and SIP SUBSCRIBE/NOTIFY.\nDevices PUBLISH their capabilities to a presence server, when another device wants to find out what the other party supports, the device sends a SUBSCRIBE to the presence server which then returns a NOTIFY of what the other party supports.", "web": [ "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session_Initiation_Protocol" ], "removal": "replace" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.uim", "label": "com.qualcomm.qti.uim", "description": "Runs \"RemoteSimLockService\" in the background.\nThis might be the only remote SIM lock service, just called UIM because R-UIM(Removeable-UserIdentityModule) is a variant of SIM commonly used in Asia.", "removal": "delete", "suppress": "LabelSameAsId" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.uimGbaApp", "label": "com.qualcomm.qti.uimGbaApp", "description": "Contains a \"GbaService\", related to uim card (R-UIM is a type of SIM card mainly used in Asia)", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.workloadclassifier", "label": "com.qualcomm.qti.workloadclassifier", "description": "Runs \"WLCService\" in the background.\nI assume this has to do with CPU scheduling. Probably important for efficiency, if not basic operation.\nIt's for performance and security? It categorizes apps maybe for optimization.\nit's named workloadclassifier so it should do that. Reads the list of installed applications, storage space.\nit's still unknown.", "removal": "caution", "suppress": "LabelSameAsId" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.xrcb", "description": "Receive xrcb network signals for radio side. \nit's about emergency alerts, weather alerts, public announcements, and other information.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qti.xrvd.service", "label": "XRVD", "description": "The real name of this app is XRVDTest. It has accessibility testing,\nCollects some data? It's something for developers probably.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qtil.aptxacu", "description": "Hidden aptxals Audio Bluetooth sample improvement. Useless 96kHz sample.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qtil.aptxals", "label": "com.qualcomm.qtil.aptxals", "description": "Hidden aptxals Audio Bluetooth sample improvement test.", "removal": "delete", "suppress": "LabelSameAsId" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qtil.aptxalsOverlay", "label": "com.qualcomm.qtil.aptxalsOverlay", "description": "Overlay for hidden aptxals Audio Bluetooth sample improvement. Useless 96kHz sample.", "removal": "delete", "suppress": "LabelSameAsId" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qtil.aptxui", "label": "Bluetooth", "description": "Hidden aptxals Audio Bluetooth sample improvement. Useless 96kHz sample.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.qtil.btdsda", "description": "Hidden bluetooth: answering call, hanging up call, hanging up conference call.\nIf you have dual-sim then you will lose these things? NOTE: disabling this causes audio to come from earpiece regardless of the option selected (Speaker, Earpiece, Bluetooth)", "removal": "replace" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.shutdownlistner", "description": "uses library com.qualcomm.qcrilhook and logs shutdown phone but it's not needed.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.simcontacts", "label": "Sim Contacts", "description": "Probably handles syncing(exporting/importing) contacts to/from the SIM card. Usually not a feature anybody cares about.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.svi", "label": "Sunlight Visibility Improvement", "description": "SVI Settings. Hidden display enhancement colors not available to users.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.timeservice", "label": "Qualcomm Time Service", "description": "Updates time-services user time offset when user changes time of the day and Android sends a TIME_CHANGED or DATE_CHANGED intents.\nTime-services restores the time of the day after reboot.", "web": [ "https://github.com/bcyj/android_tools_leeco_msm8996/blob/master/time-services/src/com/qualcomm/timeservice/TimeServiceBroadcastReceiver.java" ], "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.uimremoteclient", "label": "com.qualcomm.uimremoteclient", "description": "Related to uim card (R-UIM is a type of SIM card mainly used in Asia)", "removal": "delete", "suppress": "LabelSameAsId" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.uimremoteserver", "label": "com.qualcomm.uimremoteserver", "description": "Related to uim card (R-UIM is a type of SIM card mainly used in Asia)", "removal": "delete", "suppress": "LabelSameAsId" }, { "id": "com.qualcomm.wfd.service", "label": "Wfd Service", "description": "Provides a way to cast your screen to a TV (Miracast). Or is it WiFi Direct?", "web": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracast" ], "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "com.quicinc.cne.CNEService", "label": "com.quicinc.cne.CNEService", "description": "Qualcomm Connectivity Engine\nEnables seamless hand-off between mobile data and Wi-Fi networks. Can also dynamically measure network performance to prioritize using the best one (I think that's part of \"Intelligently select the best Wi-Fi\" in settings).\nProbably worth keeping on; I noticed connection reliability getting worse when I disabled it.", "web": [ "https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2013/07/02/qualcomms-cne-bringing-smarts-3g4g-wi-fi-seamless-interworking", "https://programmersought.com/article/35091829299/" ], "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "com.quicinc.fmradio", "label": "FM Radio", "description": "FM Radio app by Qualcomm\nquicinc = Qualcomm Innovation Center", "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "radios" }, { "id": "com.quicinc.voice.activation", "label": "Qualcomm Voice Assist", "description": "Always-on voice detection, so obviously always runs in the background.\nProbably worth keeping enabled for battery savings if you use Google Assistant regularly while your screen is off.", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quicinc.voice.activation" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.realvnc.android.remote", "label": "com.realvnc.android.remote", "description": "Remote controle service by Realvnc\nNot sure having a remote control app installed as a system app is a good idea\nNo longer maintained.", "web": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RealVNC", "https://www.realvnc.com/en/legal/#privacy" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.redteamobile.roaming", "label": "ORoaming", "dependencies": [ "com.redteamobile.roaming.deamon" ], "description": "Lets you buy RedTeaMobile data plan to access Internet in foreign country with a virtual SIM card", "web": [ "https://support.oppo.com/uk/answer/?aid=neu9139", "https://beta.pithus.org/report/d017d4f6623bf8e71456e6bffe551ef6f3ff3095c62cef3df6d968354898c097" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.redteamobile.roaming.deamon", "label": "ORoaming", "required_by": [ "com.redteamobile.roaming" ], "description": "Redtea Roaming service deamon for com.redteamobile.roaming", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.remotefairy4", "label": "AnyMote Universal Remote + Wifi Smart Home Control", "description": "IR Remote control app\nIt has lots of trackers and permissions", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.remotefairy4", "https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/com.remotefairy4/latest/" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.republicwireless.tel", "label": "Republic", "description": "Lets you manage your Republic wireless account.\nRepublic Wireless is an american mobile virtual network operator", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.republicwireless.tel&hl", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_Wireless" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.rhapsody", "label": "Napster", "description": "Napster music streaming app", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rhapsody", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napster", "http://napster.com/privacy" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "music_apps" }, { "id": "com.rhapsody.vpl", "label": "Napster Music", "description": "Napster music streaming app", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rhapsody", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napster", "http://napster.com/privacy" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "music_apps" }, { "id": "com.rlk.weathers", "label": "Weather", "description": "Weather app with ads and trackers. Can access phone calls and SMS.", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rlk.weathers", "https://beta.pithus.org/report/c3fa30c66192c458f93456401421d3c74f9122191b561781af142c42c24fe603" ], "removal": "replace" }, { "id": "com.roaming.android.gsimbase", "label": "com.roaming.android.gsimbase", "description": "gsim = Global SIM? (SIM = Subscriber Identity Module, as in SIM-card)\nConsidering the \"roaming\" context that's my best guess.", "removal": "replace" }, { "id": "com.roaming.android.gsimcontentprovider", "label": "com.roaming.android.gsimcontentprovider", "description": "gsim = Global SIM? (SIM = Subscriber Identity Module, as in SIM-card)\nConsidering the \"roaming\" context that's my best guess.", "removal": "replace" }, { "id": "com.s.antivirus", "label": "AVG Protection", "description": "AVG Antivirus for Sony Xperia.", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.s.antivirus" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.sec.app.samsungprintservice", "description": "Samsung Print Service Plugin.\nPublished by HP, see:\nhttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sec.app.samsungprintservice", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.sem.factoryapp", "label": "com.sem.factoryapp", "description": "SEMFactoryApp\nCall home (172.217.168.14 --> Google IP). Needs NFC permission.\nThis package is maybe used to test NFC.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.servicemagic.consumer", "label": "Angi", "description": "HomeAdvisor: Contractors for Home Improvement\nHelps you find local contractors from the service Home Advisor network\nHomeAdvisor collects users data when a request is made and then sells that data to local contractors in exchange for money.", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.servicemagic.consumer", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HomeAdvisor#Critism" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.setk.widget", "label": "Bizz", "description": "Recommands you stuff to do/buy in your nearby area", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.setk.widget" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.sharecare.askmd", "label": "AskMD", "description": "Symptom checker app provided by Sharecare [Discontinued]\nLets you see what might be causing your symptoms and helps you find a nearby physician", "web": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharecare#Criticisms" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.shopee.br", "label": "Shopee", "description": "An e-commerce online shopping platform for Brazil.", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shopee.br" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.shopee.id", "label": "Shopee", "description": "An e-commerce online shopping platform for Indonesia.", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shopee.id" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.skype.m2", "label": "Skype Lite", "description": "Lite version of Skype\nVoice & video calling app", "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "meeting_apps" }, { "id": "com.skype.raider", "label": "Skype", "description": "Voice & video calling app", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skype.raider" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "meeting_apps" }, { "id": "com.slacker.radio", "label": "LiveOne", "description": "Music and Live Events streaming app", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.slacker.radio", "https://www.liveone.com/privacy" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "music_apps" }, { "id": "com.smithmicro.netwise.director.comcast.oem", "label": "XFINITY WiFi Settings", "description": "Auto-connects you to XFINITY WiFi hotspot.\nXFINITY is a subsidiary of the Comcast Corporation", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smithmicro.netwise.director.comcast.oem", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xfinity" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.snapchat.android", "label": "Snapchat", "description": "Snapchat is a social media app that allows users to share photos and videos that disappear after a short period of time.", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.snapchat.android" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.spotify.music", "label": "Spotify", "description": "Popular music streaming app", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotify.music", "https://www.spotify.com/privacy/" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "music_apps" }, { "id": "com.staplegames.blocksClassicSGGP", "label": "Blocks", "description": "Preinstalled game on some Samsung phones.\nExodus report: 9 permissions, 26 trackers", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.staplegames.blocksClassicSGGP", "https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/reports/com.staplegames.blocksClassicSGGP/latest/" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.swiftkey.swiftkeyconfigurator", "label": "SwiftKey factory settings", "description": "Used by commercial swiftkey partners to configure the SwiftKey app.\nSwiftkey is a keyboard developed by TouchType, a Microsoft subsidiary", "web": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SwiftKey" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.talpa.hibrowser", "label": "Hi Browser", "description": "Awful browser with embedded trackers and ads.", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.talpa.hibrowser", "https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/fr/reports/com.talpa.hibrowser/latest/" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "browsers" }, { "id": "com.talpa.share", "label": "XShare Mini", "description": "File Sharing App (via Bluetooth) with Google and Facebook trackers.\nAsks for a lot of permissions including ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION, REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES.", "web": [ "https://beta.pithus.org/report/949bf802e335ad0db47b1551cde46af2b2ef13da4b38be969c60c9439b94f05b" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.telenav.app.android.cingular", "label": "AT&T Navigator", "description": "Crappy GPS app provided by Telenav and rebranded by AT&T.", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.telenav.app.android.cingular", "https://www.telenav.com/legal/policies-privacy-policy" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "maps" }, { "id": "com.telenav.app.android.scout_us", "label": "Scout", "description": "Bad GPS with on top of that bad chat features (USA only)", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.telenav.app.android.scout_us", "https://www.scoutgps.com/" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "maps" }, { "id": "com.til.timesnews", "label": "Newspoint", "description": "India specific news app", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.til.timesnews", "http://www.newspointapp.com/policy.cms" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "rss_readers" }, { "id": "com.tiqiaa.remote", "label": "Zaza Remote", "description": "A Universal infrared control app full of trackers and with unecessary permissions.", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tiqiaa.remote", "https://beta.pithus.org/report/93eed47a45c00998f2111907afc26b5697aaf7fb19c0efb6b42d46addf0e297c" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.tmobile.echolocate", "label": "T-Mobile Diagnostics", "description": "More info needed", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.touchtype.swiftkey", "label": "Swiftkey", "description": "Keyboard app by TouchType, a Microsoft subsidiary.\n4 Trackers + 11 Permissions", "web": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SwiftKey", "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.touchtype.swiftkey", "https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/com.touchtype.swiftkey/latest/" ], "removal": "replace", "warning": "Default keyboard on some Nokia and Huawei phones. Make sure you have another keyboard app before disabling this.", "suggestions": "keyboards" }, { "id": "com.touchtype.swiftkey.res.overlay", "label": "com.touchtype.swiftkey.res.overlay", "description": "Some overlay for Swiftkey? Overlays are usually themes, but not sure about this one.", "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "com.tracker.t", "label": "com.tracker.t", "description": "Given its name I think you can take the risk to delete it.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.tripadvisor.tripadvisor", "label": "Tripadvisor", "description": "Travel Guidance app", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tripadvisor.tripadvisor", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripadvisor#Controversies", "https://nypost.com/2016/03/01/why-you-should-never-ever-trust-tripadvisor/" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.tripledot.solitaire", "label": "Solitaire", "description": "Preinstalled game on some Samsung phones. 30 permissions, 23 trackers", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tripledot.solitaire", "https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/reports/com.tripledot.solitaire/latest/" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.tripledot.woodoku", "label": "Woodoku", "description": "A wood block puzzle game\nPreinstalled game on some Samsung phones. 28 permissions, 24 trackers", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tripledot.woodoku", "https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/reports/com.tripledot.woodoku/latest/" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.trustonic.teeservice", "label": "TeeService", "description": "TEE = Trusted Execution Environment", "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "com.trustonic.tuiservice", "label": "Trusted User Interface", "description": "A security layer by Trustonic.\nAllows a \"Trusted App\" to interact directly with the user, completely isolated from the device OS.\nIt's closed source and normal devs can't use it for their apps.\nMainly used by OEM apps like Samsung Pay and for DRM.\nGoogle implemented their own TUI in Android Pie: https://android-developers.googleblog.com/search/label/Trusted%20User%20Interface\nhttps://www.trustonic.com/news/blog/benefits-trusted-user-interface/\nDisabling will break \"Trusted Apps\".", "web": [ "https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16909576/how-to-make-use-of-arm-trust-zone-in-android-application", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_execution_environment", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture#Security_extensions", "https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2017/07/trust-issues-exploiting-trustzone-tees.html", "https://medium.com/@nimronagy/arm-trustzone-on-android-975bfe7497d2", "https://www.synacktiv.com/posts/exploit/kinibi-tee-trusted-application-exploitation.html", "https://blog.quarkslab.com/introduction-to-trusted-execution-environment-arms-trustzone.html", "https://medium.com/taszksec/unbox-your-phone-part-i-331bbf44c30c", "nhttps://www.gsd.inesc-id.pt/~nsantos/papers/pinto_acsur19.pdf" ], "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "com.turner.cnvideoapp", "label": "CN", "description": "Award winning Cartoon Network App", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.turner.cnvideoapp", "http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/legal/privacy/mobile.html" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.ubercab", "label": "Uber", "description": "Uber does not protect personal user data and has a questionable ethic.", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ubercab", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uber#Criticism" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.ubercab.driver", "label": "Uber - Driver", "description": "Uber does not protect personal user data and has a questionable ethic.", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ubercab.driver", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uber#Criticism" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.ubercab.eats", "label": "Uber Eats", "description": "Uber does not protect personal user data and has a questionable ethic.", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ubercab.eats", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uber#Criticism" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.ume.browser.northamerica", "label": "UME Web Browser", "description": "It has trackers and a LOT of unnecessary permissions.", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ume.browser.northamerica", "https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/com.ume.browser.cust/latest/" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "browsers" }, { "id": "com.wb.goog.got.conquest", "label": "Game of Thrones: Conquest", "description": "Official GOT strategy building game", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wb.goog.got.conquest" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.whatsapp", "label": "WhatsApp", "description": "Popular messaging app from Meta", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp", "https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/privacy-policy", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WhatsApp#Controversies_and_criticism" ], "removal": "replace" }, { "id": "com.wing.wtsarcontrol", "description": "Sar control, Chinese App, not available for normal users.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.wingtech.sartest", "description": "SarTest\nSecret code: 332.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.yahoo.mobile.client.android.liveweather", "label": "Weather", "description": "All of their services are crappy so it's not so difficult to boycott", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yahoo.mobile.client.android.weather", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Yahoo!" ], "removal": "replace" }, { "id": "com.yellowpages.android.ypmobile", "label": "Yellow Pages", "description": "Business related app", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yellowpages.android.ypmobile" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.yelp.android", "label": "Yelp", "description": "Yelp lets users post reviews and rate businesses.", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yelp.android", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yelp#Controversy_and_litigation" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "com.zaz.translate", "label": "Hi Translate", "description": "Bloated translation app with a lot of trackers and permissions\nIt uses the Google Translate API for the translations.", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zaz.translate", "https://beta.pithus.org/report/fdd787d96c3e069f983320c84c32fc6b8cdf205df17244d190b181edf0c14f68" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "translators" }, { "id": "com.zhiliaoapp.musically", "label": "TikTok", "description": "The TikTok app", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zhiliaoapp.musically", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok#Privacy_and_security_concerns" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "de.axelspringer.yana.zeropage", "label": "upday", "description": "News app preinstalled on some smartphones", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.axelspringer.yana.zeropage" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "rss_readers" }, { "id": "flipboard.app", "label": "Flipboard", "description": "Flipboard News App", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=flipboard.app", "https://about.flipboard.com/privacy-policy/", "https://privacy.commonsense.org/privacy-report/Flipboard" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "rss_readers" }, { "id": "flipboard.boxer.app", "label": "Briefing", "description": "Briefing app from Flipboard", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=flipboard.boxer.app", "https://about.flipboard.com/privacy-policy/" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "rss_readers" }, { "id": "id.co.babe", "label": "BaBe", "description": "Indonesian news app", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=id.co.babe" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "rss_readers" }, { "id": "in.amazon.mShop.android.shopping", "label": "Amazon", "description": "Amazon shopping app for India", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.amazon.mShop.android.shopping" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "in.mohalla.sharechat", "label": "ShareChat", "description": "Multilingual India specific social media platform", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.mohalla.sharechat", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ShareChat", "https://help.sharechat.com/policies/privacy-policy/" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "in.playsimple.tripcross", "label": "CrossWord Jam", "description": "Preinstalled game on some Samsung phones. 12 permissions, 25 trackers", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.playsimple.tripcross", "https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/reports/in.playsimple.tripcross/latest/" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "in.playsimple.wordtrip", "label": "Word Trip", "description": "Word Count & word streak puzzle game. 19 trackers, 11 permissions", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.playsimple.wordtrip", "https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/in.playsimple.wordtrip/latest/" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "jp.co.omronsoft.openwnn", "label": "jp.co.omronsoft.openwnn", "description": "Japanese keyboard/IME (don't know why it's pre-installed on US/european devices)\nNote : IME = input method editor", "removal": "replace", "warning": "Make sure you've another one installed before you disable.", "suggestions": "keyboards" }, { "id": "jp.gocro.smartnews.android", "label": "SmartNews", "description": "Delivers the top trending news stories from other publishers (NBC News, The Verges etc...)\nIncludes 7 Trackers + 10 permissions", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.gocro.smartnews.android", "https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/jp.gocro.smartnews.android/latest/" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "rss_readers" }, { "id": "msgplus.jibe.sca.vpl", "label": "Messaging Plus", "description": "Messings using the RCS protocol\nRelated to Google Jibe (https://jibe.google.com/)", "web": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Communication_Services" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "net.bat.store", "label": "AHA Games", "description": "Mobile game store.\nFull of trackers and has CAMERA and RECORD_AUDIO permissions. Displays intrusive game ads on HIOS launcher and random popups.", "web": [ "https://beta.pithus.org/report/f5346d1388aff293bc84b481c3a9823cc3bf76ffc241fcf455754b86028f22b9" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "net.fetnet.fetvod", "description": "Streaming service\nRegistered members can watch the movies, dramas, variety shows and animations\nhttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.fetnet.fetvod", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "net.sharewire.parkmobilev2", "label": "ParkMobile", "description": "Smarter way to park and reserve your spot ahead of time", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.sharewire.parkmobilev2" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "net.supertreat.solitaire", "label": "Solitaire", "description": "Preinstalled game on some Samsung phones. 8 permissions, 17 trackers", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.supertreat.solitaire", "https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/reports/net.supertreat.solitaire/latest/" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "org.codeaurora.bluetooth", "label": "Bluetooth extensions", "description": "More info needed", "web": [ "https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/bluetooth" ], "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "org.codeaurora.gps.gpslogsave", "label": "org.codeaurora.gps.gpslogsave", "description": "More info needed", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "org.codeaurora.ims", "label": "org.codeaurora.ims", "description": "IMS(Ip Multimedia Subsystem) is an open industry standard for voice and multimedia communications over packet-based IP networks (VoLTE/VoIP/Wifi calling).\nRuns in the background as part of the system, with Google's IMS(com.google.android.ims, \"Carrier Services\") disabled, I haven't checked if it'd run with Carrier Services enabled.", "removal": "caution", "suppress": "LabelSameAsId" }, { "id": "org.simalliance.openmobileapi.service", "label": "SmartcardService", "description": "The SmartCard API is a reference implementation of the SIMalliance Open Mobile API specification that enables Android applications to communicate with Secure Elements, (SIM card, embedded Secure Elements, Mobile Security Card or others)\nSafe to remove if you think you don't need this", "web": [ "https://github.com/seek-for-android/pool/wiki/SmartcardAPI" ], "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "org.simalliance.openmobileapi.uicc1terminal", "description": "Open Mobile API (\"interface\") to access UICC secure elements\nUICC stands for Universal Integrated Circuit Card.\nIt is a the physical and logical platform for the USIM and may contain additional USIMs and other applications.\n(U)SIM is an application on the UICC.\nhttps://bluesecblog.wordpress.com/2016/11/18/uicc-sim-usim/\nGood read: https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1601/1601.03027.pdf\nNote2: The term SIM is widely used in the industry and especially with consumers to mean both SIMs and UICCs.\nhttps://www.justaskgemalto.com/us/what-uicc-and-how-it-different-sim-card/\n", "removal": "replace" }, { "id": "org.simalliance.openmobileapi.uicc2terminal", "label": "org.simalliance.openmobileapi.uicc2terminal", "description": "Open Mobile API (\"interface\") to access UICC secure elements.\nUICC stands for Universal Integrated Circuit Card.\nIt is the physical and logical platform for the USIM and may contain additional USIMs and other applications.\n(U)SIM is an application on the UICC.\nNote: The term SIM is widely used in the industry and especially with consumers to mean both SIMs and UICCs.", "web": [ "https://bluesecblog.wordpress.com/2016/11/18/uicc-sim-usim/", "https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1601/1601.03027.pdf", "https://www.justaskgemalto.com/us/what-uicc-and-how-it-different-sim-card/" ], "removal": "caution", "suppress": "LabelSameAsId" }, { "id": "pl.zdunex25.updater", "label": "pl.zdunex25.updater", "description": "Updater for the zdnex25's theme", "web": [ "https://www.deviantart.com/zdunex25/gallery/26889741/themes" ], "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "tv.fubo.mobile.vpl", "label": "fuboTV", "description": "Lets you Watch live Sports, TV Shows, Movies & News", "web": [ "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tv.fubo.mobile" ], "removal": "replace", "suggestions": "streaming_apps" }, { "id": "tv.peel.app", "label": "Peel Universal Smart TV Remote Control", "description": "Lets you remotely control devices like your TV, DVD or Blu-ray player (Discontinued)", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "vendor.qti.data.txpwradmin", "description": "This app is from qualcomm, in androidmanifest.xml I found things like com.qualcomm.qti.qmsdataservices, qms is spyware,\npermissions uses: access wifi state, quary all packages, package usage stats.\nSo hidden network stats, more about it is this code is just logs, takes apm, wifi, bt status.", "removal": "replace" }, { "id": "vendor.qti.hardware.cacert.server", "label": "CACertApp", "description": "Occasionally runs in the background.\nHandles CACert certificates?\nCACert is a community-driven CA that issues certificates to the public at large for free. CA = Certificate Authority, an entity that certifies the ownership of a public key that can be used for secure communications.", "web": [ "http://www.cacert.org/", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAcert.org" ], "removal": "unsafe", "warning": "Probably a bad idea to disable; could mess with device security." }, { "id": "vendor.qti.imsdatachannel", "description": "Needed for IMS.", "removal": "replace" }, { "id": "vendor.qti.imsrcs", "description": "IMS(Ip Multimedia Subsystem) is an open industry standard for voice and multimedia communications over packet-based IP networks (VoLTE/VoIP/Wifi calling). Also have RCS.", "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "vendor.qti.iwlan", "description": "Used for VoLTE/VoWifi (Wifi-calling)\nIwLAN = Interworking wLAN.\nSupport for mobile data offloading (use of complementary network technologies for delivering data originally targeted for cellular networks)\nIt means your phone will use the Wi-Fi connection instead of the cellular data connection.\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_data_offloading", "removal": "caution" }, { "id": "vendor.qti.qesdk.sysservice", "description": "It's for debugging and logs. But in the code I see VDebug. Vivo probably uses Qualcomm for some features.", "removal": "delete" }, { "id": "zpub.res", "label": "zpub.res", "description": "Third-party app pre-installed on ZTE phones.", "removal": "delete" } ]