I hope it's no secret that all of my applications are open source.
At least, all the ones that I actively maintain here.
The source, in its entirety save for perhaps some API keys is readable. Every single git commit (except that time I messed up) are visible for your viewing pleasure.
Still there are concerns that the code may not be as free as one believes. If you download the APK on your phone or grab a program from the AUR, you can sometimes feel unsure if the code you are running was the same as the sources you saw.
In the case of stuff from the AUR, they are all bash (really sh) scripts. Read them (help me fix them), you will notice they are in fact - the same as the sources on GitHub.
In the case of your Android APKs the process is a bit more involved. Some of the applications are still obfuscated by ProGuard. This is because I have not gotten around to updating them with the fixed ProGuard configuration that prevents obfuscation.
You may however, find the APKs decompiled Java code difficult to read or sometimes even be unable to decompile the class files. This is because I am not the perfect programmer, so I still leave on the default ProGuard code optimizations.
As a result, you get blocks of optimized code that do not look very nice. While this may concern some users, rest assured that none of the pyamsoft Android applications are "out to get you" or monitor your usage. In fact, the most recently update applications do not even contact the Internet at all.
Lets face the truth here, we all hate Android permissions. So many applications, like the infamous free Flashlight and Calculator applications, ask for so many different permissions like the Internet, your Contacts, sometimes even your Microphone. So many applications do not need these permissions yet they request or require them at runtime anyway.
Except where essential for functionality, I do not. I never will.
PadLock requires zero permissions.
ZapTorch requires the Camera only to access the torch (on devices below Marshmallow)
Home Button requires Zero permissions.
In the future, Power Manager will require zero. SoftGlow will not even require the Draw over all windows permission (though it will be optional).
All of these applications are either open source, or will be.
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