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Smart Card Reader

Use your phone as contact-less smart card reader
Allow a host computer to use the smartphone's NFC hardware as contact-less
smartcard reader. On the host computer a special smart card driver, vpcd, must
be installed. The app establishes a connection to vpcd over the network when a
contact-less card is detected.

Versions

Although APK downloads are available below to give you the choice, you should be aware that by installing that way you will not receive update notifications and it's a less secure way to download. We recommend that you install the F-Droid client and use that.

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  • Version 2.4 (8) suggested Added on Dec 04, 2024

    This version requires Android 5.0 or newer.

    It is built by F-Droid and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • take pictures and videos
      This app can take pictures and record videos using the camera while the app is in use.
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • control Near Field Communication
      Allows the app to communicate with Near Field Communication (NFC) tags, cards, and readers.
    • com.vsmartcard.remotesmartcardreader.app.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 2.5 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • Version 2.3 (7) - Added on Jun 27, 2022

    This version requires Android 4.4 or newer.

    It is built by F-Droid and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • take pictures and videos
      This app can take pictures and record videos using the camera while the app is in use.
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • control Near Field Communication
      Allows the app to communicate with Near Field Communication (NFC) tags, cards, and readers.

    Download APK 1.9 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • Version 2.2 (6) - Added on Aug 11, 2019

    This version requires Android 4.4 or newer.

    It is built by F-Droid and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • take pictures and videos
      This app can take pictures and record videos using the camera while the app is in use.
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • control Near Field Communication
      Allows the app to communicate with Near Field Communication (NFC) tags, cards, and readers.

    Download APK 1.0 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log