EarnSMS

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The number of the Android phone you’ll use, with its SIM in it.

How EarnSMS protects your privacy

What never leaves your phone

Your personal messages never leave your phone.

Outside a test, the app ignores your messages completely. It does not open your inbox or read older messages.

What is sent during a test

Only the test message, and only while a test is running for you.

Phone data we collect

Network, phone and app details, so tests go only to phones that can receive them.

Why: to send tests only to phones that can receive them, to tell whether a missed test was caused by the phone (no signal, SIM removed, battery saver), to help you fix problems, and to prevent fraud.

What the app never does
  • Never asks for your contacts
  • Never asks for your call log
  • Never asks for your location
  • Never asks for your camera or microphone
  • Never asks for your photos or files
  • Never sends SMS from your phone
  • Never opens your inbox or reads older messages
Crash reports

Crash reports never contain your messages or your phone number.

If the app runs into an error, technical details of that error (where in the app it happened), the phone model, Android version and app version are sent to Google Firebase so we can fix the bug.

Read the full privacy notes