Privacy Policy of AndroMeld for Android

1. What We Collect

There is no sign-up, no login and no user identifier. We never ask for an email address, phone number or password, and the app never transmits your screen, audio, clipboard, files or app list to us.

This is a property of how the app is built, not a promise about how we behave: the app ships with no third-party SDK capable of collecting or reporting data.

2. How a Browser Session Works

When you turn on Web access, your phone starts a local server and shows a connect code. You open the AndroMeld panel on your computer and enter that code.

• The panel page is served by us; your session is not. Your browser downloads the panel's HTML and JavaScript from app.andromeld.catchingnow.com, then connects directly to your phone over your local network.
• Session content never reaches us. Screen frames, audio, clipboard contents and transferred files travel only between your phone and your browser, across your own network. They do not pass through, and are not relayed by, any server we operate.
• The connect code is generated on your phone and encodes a private network address plus a short-lived, single-use ticket. It rotates automatically and is never sent to us.
• Every browser must be approved on the phone before it can connect. The phone shows a confirmation you have to accept.

Paired browsers and computers are listed in the app with their name, platform and last connection time. This list is stored only on your phone. Revoking an entry immediately disconnects that client and destroys its authorization.

3. Permissions and Why They Are Needed

Every permission below serves a function you invoke; none is used for collection or profiling.

• All files access (MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE) and storage permissions: so you can browse, open and transfer files in your phone's storage from the browser, in both directions. Files are read only when you request them, and are sent only to the browser you approved.
• App list (QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES, GET_INSTALLED_APPS): so the panel can show, search and launch your installed apps. The list is sent only to your approved browser, never to us.
• Internet and CHANGE_WIFI_STATE: the app's network use is local. Internet access is what Android requires to open any network socket, including one that only ever serves your own network. CHANGE_WIFI_STATE is required by Android as an associated capability for the connectedDevice foreground service type; the app does not change your Wi-Fi configuration.
• Foreground services: a visible ongoing notification runs while Web access is on, so a browser session is never active without you being able to see it. A second, transient foreground service runs only during wireless-debugging pairing.
• Notifications: to show the ongoing Web access notification and the connection approval prompt.
• Run at startup: so an already-authorized setup can resume after a reboot without repeating activation.

4. Activation

AndroMeld needs elevated shell privileges on your phone to create the desktop-mode display and stream it. You grant these in one of two ways, both entirely on the device:

• Wireless debugging: the app guides you through Android's own pairing flow. Pairing happens over your local network; the pairing code is entered by you and is not transmitted to us.
• Shizuku: if you already run Shizuku, AndroMeld can obtain the same privileges through it. Shizuku is an independent third-party app, governed by its own privacy policy, and is not required.

These privileges are used to run AndroMeld's own components. They are not used to read other apps' private data.

5. Working With the Mac App

If you also use AndroMeld for Mac, your phone connects to it over USB or your local network using the same authorization model, and the same rule applies: the content stays between your devices. The Mac app's own data handling is described in its privacy policy.

6. Third-Party Services

The Android app integrates no third-party analytics, advertising, attribution or crash-reporting service.

Separately, this website uses Firebase Analytics to measure aggregate page traffic. That is a property of the website you are reading now, not of the app, and it never receives your files, screen, clipboard or app activity.

7. Data Retention and Deletion

Because we hold no data about you, there is no account to close and no deletion request to file.

Everything the app stores — your settings, its authorization keys and the list of paired clients — lives only on your phone. You can revoke any paired client individually in the app, and uninstalling AndroMeld removes all of it.

8. Security

Connections are authenticated and encrypted, and unauthorized clients are rate-limited. A browser can only reach your phone if it is on your network, holds a valid ticket or authorization, and was approved by you on the device. Because sessions never traverse our infrastructure, there is no central store of your activity to breach.

9. Children

AndroMeld is a utility for managing your own device and is not directed at children. It does not knowingly collect information from anyone, regardless of age.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Changes are posted on this page and take effect when posted, so please review it periodically.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, contact us at:

privacy@catchingnow.com