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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

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 1.3.3 (7) suggested Added on Nov 15, 2024

    This version requires Android 5.0 or newer.

    It is built 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 6.5 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • Version 1.3.2 (6) - Added on Oct 27, 2024

    This version requires Android 5.0 or newer.

    It is built 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 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