LinkRouter Privacy Policy

LinkRouter Privacy Policy Link to heading

App: LinkRouter (net.chaosengine.linkrouter) Last updated: 2026-09-08

LinkRouter is a local, rule-based URL router for Android. It contains no accounts, no analytics, no ads, no crash reporting, and no third-party SDKs. This page explains what data is processed and where it lives.

What data LinkRouter processes Link to heading

  1. URLs you route. When a link is delivered to LinkRouter (e.g. because you’ve set it as your default browser), the URL is read, matched against your rules, and forwarded to your chosen browser. It is processed locally, in memory, in the foreground, only in response to your tap, and is not persisted as browsing history.
  2. Your rules and settings. Your routing rules, fallback settings, shortener-host toggles, redirect formats, and tracking-param filters are stored locally in app-private storage (Room/SQLite). They never leave your device.
  3. Opt-in: shortener “web resolution.” Only if you explicitly enable a shortener host (e.g. t.co, bit.ly), LinkRouter makes a network fetch to follow that shortener’s redirect and learn the final URL. This feature is off by default — a default install never makes any network calls.

What LinkRouter does NOT collect Link to heading

  • No accounts or sign-in.
  • No analytics, ads, telemetry, or crash reporting.
  • No third-party SDKs of any kind.
  • No collection or sale/sharing of data with any party.
  • No persisted browsing history or URL log.

Permissions Link to heading

  • INTERNET (a normal, install-granted permission — not a runtime permission). Used only for the opt-in shortener web-resolution feature described above. Disabled by default.
  • System “default apps / handle links” — this is a setting you choose in the Android system settings (set LinkRouter as default browser or link handler). LinkRouter does not request or modify it by itself.

Data retention & deletion Link to heading

Everything LinkRouter stores lives on your device, in app-private storage. You can delete all of it at any time by:

  • Clearing the app’s data (Android: Settings → Apps → LinkRouter → Clear data), or
  • Uninstalling LinkRouter.

There is no remote copy to delete and no server to ask to erase data.

Open source Link to heading

LinkRouter is free and open source under the GNU GPL v3 (see the LICENSE file in the source repository). You are welcome to inspect exactly what it does.

Contact Link to heading

For questions or concerns about this policy or your data, contact: deekue+privacy@chaosengine.net.