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Backup (PFA)

(SECUSO) Backup Application for Privacy Friendly Apps
Privacy Friendly Backup is an application that works with other privacy friendly apps to enable backups. The app allows you to create and manage backups. This includes importing backups into the app and exporting backups to external storage media.
The Privacy Friendly Backup app communicates with other Privacy Friendly apps and extracts or injects data into and out of the app to enable the creation and restoration of backups.

The app provides encryption via an interface to another app that provides encryption as functionality via the openpgp-api. The user is free to choose their own encryption provider via the app's settings.
For encryption to work, the provider must be installed externally. We recommend https://www.openkeychain.org/ , as this app is available in the regular PlayStore as well as in the F-Droid Store and is completely open source.

You can reach us via
Twitter - @SECUSOResearch https://twitter.com/secusoresearch
Mastodon - @SECUSO_Research@bawü.social https://xn--baw-joa.social/@SECUSO_Research/
Job opening - https://secuso.aifb.kit.edu/english/Job_Offers_1557.php
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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 1.3.2 (6) suggested Added on Oct 27, 2024

    This version requires Android 5.0 or newer.

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

    Permissions
    • run foreground service with the type "dataSync"
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "dataSync"
    • show notifications
      Allows the app to show notifications
    • org.secuso.privacyfriendlybackup.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 6.4 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • Version 1.3.1 (5) - Added on Jul 08, 2024

    This version requires Android 5.0 or newer.

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

    Permissions
    • run foreground service with the type "dataSync"
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "dataSync"
    • show notifications
      Allows the app to show notifications
    • org.secuso.privacyfriendlybackup.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 6.4 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • Version 1.3 (4) - Added on Aug 02, 2022

    This version requires Android 5.0 or newer.

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

    Permissions
    • view network connections
      Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
    • run foreground service
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
    • run at startup
      Allows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the phone and allow the app to slow down the overall phone by always running.
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.

    Download APK 5.7 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log