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Security

SECURITY.md

Security

If you find a security issue, please don't open a public issue — email support@robinroy.xyz instead.

Worth knowing when assessing impact: the app runs an accessibility service (it can see which apps are on screen, split screen and pop-ups included, and draw the block wall over them; it reads which app each window belongs to, never what's inside it, except YouTube's Shorts player or Instagram's Reels player, found by view id, when the user blocks them) and may hold the optional Usage access (how long apps are used, for the screen-time numbers). Its one use of the network is downloading the Shorts and Reels detection rules (rules/v1/rules.signed.json from this repo, served at appblock.robinroy.xyz over HTTPS): a plain GET that sends nothing about the device or user. The app only uses a rules file signed with the maintainer's key (ECDSA P-256; the public half is Storage.RULES_PUBLIC_KEY), and a rule can only name view ids to look for in an app whose feed the user blocked. All data (your rules and usage log) lives in local app storage, which Android's own Auto Backup may copy to your Google account like any app's.

There aren't any published security advisories