Privacy Policy
Last updated: 5 October 2026
Skimmo is a proxy client for Android TV made by DWILS PTE. LTD., a company registered in Singapore (UEN 202606134E; 160 Robinson Road #14-04, Singapore Business Federation Center, Singapore 068914) (“we”). You bring your own proxy servers — by share link or subscription URL — and Skimmo routes the device’s traffic through the servers you choose, using Android’s VPN service.
What the app stores on your device
- Server profiles — addresses, ports, credentials (passwords / UUIDs) and connection options from the links or subscriptions you import.
- Subscription URLs you add, so your server list can refresh.
- Settings — routing mode, custom routing rules, per-app selections and bandwidth values.
- Routing data — public lists of domains and IP ranges used by the “Bypass China” and “Blacklist” modes, plus a cache of recent domain-to-address mappings used while connected.
- A short connection log — recent connect / disconnect events and the proxy engine’s warnings and errors, shown on the Logs screen. It is kept in memory only and disappears when the app closes.
This data is stored in the app’s private storage. It is never sent to us or to any third party by the app, and it is excluded from device backups.
Installed apps
If you use per-app proxy settings, Skimmo reads the list of apps installed on the device so you can choose which ones use the tunnel. The list is used only to draw that screen and never leaves the device.
Adding servers from your phone
Typing on a remote is slow, so the Import screen can start a small web page on the TV that you open from your phone and paste links into. It is deliberately narrow:
- It is reachable only from the local Wi-Fi or Ethernet network the TV is on, at an address that includes a random one-time code. The code is shown on the TV as a QR code and changes after every send.
- It runs only while the Import screen is open, and stops by itself after 10 minutes or after repeated requests with a wrong code.
- What you send from the phone is treated exactly like text you typed on the TV: it is used to add servers, kept on the device, and never sent to us.
- The connection between your phone and the TV is plain HTTP, not encrypted, because a device on a home network cannot get a certificate that phones trust. Use it only on a network you trust, not on public or shared Wi-Fi.
Network connections the app makes
Your traffic goes to the proxy servers you configured. In addition, Skimmo makes these requests itself — none of them to us:
| Request | Sent to | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription refresh | The subscription URL you added | Keep your server list up to date. Sent through the tunnel while connected. |
| Routing data updates | GitHub (raw.githubusercontent.com,
github.com) | Download the public domain / IP lists used by the split-routing modes, sent through the tunnel. |
| Connection check | Cloudflare (1.1.1.1) | Show the exit address and latency after connecting. Sent through the tunnel, so Cloudflare sees your proxy server’s address, not yours. |
| Latency test | Google (www.gstatic.com) | When you tap “Test latency”, measure each server by fetching an empty test page through it. |
| DNS for direct traffic | Your network’s own resolver | In split-routing modes, resolve domains that go direct rather than through the proxy. Domains that go through the proxy are resolved by your proxy server. |
These services receive the ordinary technical details of any web request (such as the requesting IP address) under their own privacy policies. Skimmo sends them no personal data.
Your traffic and your proxy provider
While connected, your traffic passes through the proxy servers you configured. Whoever operates those servers — you, or the provider who gave you the subscription — can see and handle that traffic under their own policies. We are not that operator and have no access to your traffic, browsing history or DNS queries. Please review your provider’s privacy terms.
Permissions
- VPN service — to create the on-device tunnel that routes traffic.
- Foreground service and notifications — to keep the tunnel running and show its status.
- Installed-app visibility — only for the per-app proxy picker, used on-device.
- Internet and network state — to connect, to react to network changes, and to find the TV’s local network address for the phone page.
Purchases
Skimmo is sold through Google Play, which processes the payment under Google’s Privacy Policy. We never see your card or payment details. Google gives us the order records that Play provides to every seller (such as the order number, date, price, and the buyer’s country or region), which we use only for accounting, tax and handling refunds, and keep for as long as the law requires. The app itself sends us nothing.
Retention and deletion
Stored data remains until you delete it in the app (a server, a subscription, a rule) or uninstall Skimmo, which removes all of it. The connection log is cleared whenever the app closes.
Children
Skimmo is a general networking tool and is not directed at children.
Changes
If this policy changes, we will update this page and the date above.
Contact
Questions about privacy, or requests about your personal data, go to our Data Protection Officer: [email protected]