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Skewy - anti eavesdropping

Skewy

A tool to prevent eavesdropping and ultrasonic access of your smart phone.

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Opens the official F-Droid page

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About Skewy - anti eavesdropping

Skewy has two objectives:

1) By pressing Play, Skewy's sound will mask your conversation / will make the data picked up by the microphone unusable (like a jammer). Giving someone who wants to use this data a near impossible task to filter out what you said. The Sound Tab allows for fine tuning of the sound level and set an optional alarm to notify when masking no longer occurs.

2) Skewy processes the data to identify ultrasonic (inaudible) signals. Such signals are used by advertisement/tracking companies such as SilverPush to access your phone without you noticing. Skewy can notify you when such a signal is present and optionally jam such a signal, if the frequency shield is turned on.

All data is visualized with live graphs (both sound and frequency).

It works best with a small hardware extension (a small speaker/headphone) to focus the sound on the mic, making it silent its surroundings. An idea how to build it is found in the Menu.

No actual sound data is saved.

How to install Skewy - anti eavesdropping

  1. Tap Download — the app's official page on F-Droid opens.
  2. Install it with the F-Droid app (recommended, for automatic updates), or use the download button on that page.
  3. If Android asks, allow the F-Droid app or your browser to install apps, then tap Install.
  4. Open Skewy - anti eavesdropping from your app drawer.

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