We decompile publicly distributed Android and iOS apps and trace their data flows to real endpoints in real countries. We document what we observe, distinguish verified findings from interpretation, and preserve the evidence behind every conclusion. No company can buy a better result — every organisation is held to the same standard, whether it pays us or not. This permanent disclosure ledger puts that principle into practice.
Every app is decompiled at source-code level, not just scanned from outside.
1.04M+
Smali classes read
The full shipped code we have actually read, not an estimate.
262+
Critical findings recorded
Confirmed findings copied to regulators, not theoretical risks.
970+
Weak points found and documented
Third-party tracking we have provably found inside the binary.
567+
Endpoints investigated
Real servers and countries where data actually flows.
132+
SDK instances mapped
Reusable libraries correlated across the entire corpus.
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ARD Mediathek
PUBLIC
2026-06-30
109d ago
RESOLVED
CRITICAL
ARD, Germany's public broadcaster funded by the mandatory broadcasting fee, avoids the worst tracking tools otherwise found across this programme, no advertising identifier, no Facebook SDK, but the app still hardcodes its database access key into the code and sends your account data to Google's US servers with no documented legal basis. Device backups are also switched on by default.
de.swr.avp.ard. ARD (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten), technically operated by SWR (Südwestrundfunk), Stuttgart, funded by the German broadcasting fee (Rundfunkbeitrag). POSITIVE: no AD_ID, no Adjust, no Facebook SDK, ARD holds a better public-broadcasting standard than ZDF. C1: Firebase API Key AIzaSyBkLHWC5WpoYT13NqxlwQU1U4nPcHEm4oE + DB ard-mediathek-mobile.firebaseio.com hardcoded. H1: Firebase InitProvider pre-consent (initOrder=100) + Firebase Auth (23 classes), Google LLC US transfer with no identifiable Art. 44-49 GDPR mechanism. + allowBackup=true, Piano Analytics (1 class) reserved. R1 sent 2026-06-30. LfDI BW + EDPS in CC. Embargo 2026-09-28. Deadline 2026-07-14. Six messages over 70 days drew one reply (2026-09-08, a general denial that did not address any of three specific questions asked three times). Case closed and published 2026-10-17, 19 days after the embargo.
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