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Tether vs Deco

Privacy compared: the newest public version of each, scored by the same six rules. Deco scores 75 and Tether 69, so Deco is 6 points ahead.

69of 100
Tethercom.tplink.tether

version 4.16.8

75of 100
Decocom.tplink.tpm5

version 3.10.645 ahead by 6

Who is ahead on what

The longer bar is the better one on every axis; a score is the mean of its six axes. The arithmetic behind each is on the app's own card.

The six axes

Each axis is one short rule applied to both apps, with the one thing that decided its number underneath.

Security level
Tether 70 1 security problem found.
Deco 70 1 security problem found.
Tracking Deco +28
Tether 61 2 tracking tools found.
Deco 89 1 tracking tool found.
Build hygiene Deco +7
Tether 64 The app passes 9 of 14 checks of how well it was built.
Deco 71 The app passes 10 of 14 checks of how well it was built.
Packaging level
Tether 99 Unpacked, the base APK is 298 MB; 4.0 MB of it is unused files.
Deco 99 Unpacked, the base APK is 188 MB; 2.0 MB of it is unused files.
Access Tether +8
Tether 34 Asks for 6 of 11 kinds of permission; 1 kind of special access.
Deco 26 Asks for 7 of 11 kinds of permission; 1 kind of special access.
Background Deco +10
Tether 84 Runs 1 kind of background service.
Deco 94 Runs no background service and does not start by itself.

TrackersTether 2 · Deco 1

The advertising, analytics and attribution SDKs recognised in each app. What only one of them carries is what sets it apart.

Only in Tether
Google AdMob
In both
Firebase Analytics
Only in Deco
none

Dangerous permissionsTether 6 · Deco 7

The permissions Android asks the user about at run time: the camera, the microphone, the location, the contacts and the like. An app may need one for what it does; asking is not the same as using.

Only in Tether
none
In both
ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATIONACCESS_FINE_LOCATIONCAMERAREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGERECORD_AUDIOWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Only in Deco
READ_PHONE_STATE

Where this comes from

Both are the apps' public cards: what anyone may know of an app, from its newest public version - one Google Play installed, and out in the world. Each card has the score's lines and the earlier versions: Tether, Deco.