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Wi-Fi Privacy Police 2.2.4

132.7 KB / 100K+ Downloads / Rating 3.9 - 1,205 reviews


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Wi-Fi Privacy Police, developed and published by UHasselt - Expertise Centre for Digital Media, has released its latest version, 2.2.4, on 2016-10-03. This app falls under the Tools category on the Google Play Store and has achieved over 100000 installs. It currently holds an overall rating of 3.9, based on 1.205 reviews.

Wi-Fi Privacy Police APK available on this page is compatible with all Android devices that meet the required specifications (Android 4.0+). It can also be installed on PC and Mac using an Android emulator such as Bluestacks, LDPlayer, and others.

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App Details

Package name: be.uhasselt.privacypolice

Updated: 8 years ago

Developer Name: UHasselt - Expertise Centre for Digital Media

Category: Tools

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Installation Instructions

This article outlines two straightforward methods for installing Wi-Fi Privacy Police on PC Windows and Mac.

Using BlueStacks

  1. Download the APK/XAPK file from this page.
  2. Install BlueStacks by visiting http://bluestacks.com.
  3. Open the APK/XAPK file by double-clicking it. This action will launch BlueStacks and begin the application's installation. If the APK file does not automatically open with BlueStacks, right-click on it and select 'Open with...', then navigate to BlueStacks. Alternatively, you can drag-and-drop the APK file onto the BlueStacks home screen.
  4. Wait a few seconds for the installation to complete. Once done, the installed app will appear on the BlueStacks home screen. Click its icon to start using the application.

Using LDPlayer

  1. Download and install LDPlayer from https://www.ldplayer.net.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file directly into LDPlayer.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.

App Rating

3.9
Total 1,205 reviews

Reviews

1 ★, on 2020-08-02
Can you update your app to fully support Android 10?

5 ★, on 2020-07-29
An update would be nice

5 ★, on 2016-10-21
This app doesn't have internet permission so you can trust it and can't spy on you or send your location to anywhere but please check full permissions in every update :)

4 ★, on 2016-10-09
Not sure how I feel about the location permission though.

5 ★, on 2017-01-24
Solve my ghost push problem no more pop-up ads thanks a lot

3 ★, on 2016-12-25
Killing my battery for no known reason.

Previous Versions

Wi-Fi Privacy Police 2.2.4
2016-10-03 / 132.7 KB / Android 4.0+

About this app

Wi-Fi Privacy Police prevents your smartphone or tablet from leaking privacy sensitive information via Wi-Fi networks. It does this in two ways:

* It prevents your smartphone from sending out the names of Wi-Fi networks it wants to connect to over the air. This makes sure that other people in your surroundings can not see the networks you've connecte to, and the places you've visited.
* If your smartphone encounters an unknown access point with a known name (for example, a malicious access point pretending to be your home network), it asks whether you trust this access point before connecting. This makes sure that other people are not able to steal your data.

Wi-Fi Privacy Police does not have any negative impact on your battery. In fact, you may see your battery life increase by using this app.

View our paper at https://doclib.uhasselt.be/dspace/handle/1942/17224 for more technical information.

Wi-Fi Privacy Police is an app developed at the Expertise Center for Digital Media, a research institute of UHasselt. It is open source, with its source code being publicly available at https://github.com/BramBonne/privacypolice .

A lot of effort went into making this app work flawlessly. If you, however, run into any problems when using this app, nor the app developers, nor the UHasselt take responsibility. You are encouraged to report any issues at uhasselt.edm.developer@gmail.com or via GitHub at https://github.com/BramBonne/privacypolice/issues/new ; we will try to fix them as soon as possible.

Note to those using CyanogenMod: make sure that Privacy Guard is not blocking access to Wi-Fi Privacy Police, as it will then not be able to see the available networks. This will cause Wi-Fi Privacy Police to disable access to all of them.

New features

Maintenance release
* Updated translations.
* Added proper support for handling Android's background scanning when Wi-Fi is disabled

App Permissions

Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to change Wi-Fi connectivity state.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Allows an app to access approximate location.