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PrivacyGuard on Windows Pc

Developed By: CrySP Research Group at University of Waterloo

License: Free

Rating: 5,0/5 - 1 votes

Last Updated: December 26, 2023

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Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 1.0
Size 4.4 MB
Release Date July 26, 17
Category Tools Apps

App Permissions:
Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (11)]

What's New:
Initial release [see more]

Description from Developer:
PrivacyGuard inspects the network traffic of all apps on your smartphone in order to detect leakage incidents, where an app sends your personal information across the network.

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About this app

On this page you can download PrivacyGuard and install on Windows PC. PrivacyGuard is free Tools app, developed by CrySP Research Group at University of Waterloo. Latest version of PrivacyGuard is 1.0, was released on 2017-07-26 (updated on 2023-12-26). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 1,000. Overall rating of PrivacyGuard is 5,0. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 1 users, 1 users had rated it 5*, 1 users had rated it 1*.

How to install PrivacyGuard on Windows?

Instruction on how to install PrivacyGuard on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install PrivacyGuard on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

  1. Install using BlueStacks
  2. Install using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Install PrivacyGuard using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "PrivacyGuard" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install PrivacyGuard on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "PrivacyGuard" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Other versions available: 1.0.

Download PrivacyGuard 1.0 on Windows PC – 4.4 MB

PrivacyGuard inspects the network traffic of all apps on your smartphone in order to detect leakage incidents, where an app sends your personal information across the network.

PrivacyGuard first retrieves your current location, various device identifiers, and the phone numbers and email addresses of your contacts. It then looks for this information in the outgoing network traffic of the apps on your smartphone. It alerts you when an app is found to leak some of this information. You can also choose to ignore particular kinds of leakage.

PrivacyGuard does *not* require root access. It sets up a VPN through which all traffic of your apps is routed. Importantly there is no remote VPN server; all the inspection is done locally on your device. Moreover, PrivacyGuard does not submit any information to remote entities.

PrivacyGuard is open source: https://github.com/cryspuwaterloo/privacyguard. It is based on research from the CrySP research group at the University of Waterloo (https://crysp.uwaterloo.ca).
Initial release
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.
Allows an application to read the user's contacts data.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows an application to collect component usage statistics
Declaring the permission implies intention to use the API and the user of the device can grant permission through the Settings application.