Fire Blaster privacy policy

Effective November 1, 2026. Applies to the Fire Blaster app (package dev.dreamz.fireblaster) published by Dreamz Code (Jeremy Doege).

The short version

Fire Blaster has no accounts, no ads, no analytics, no crash reporting and no servers of its own. Your remotes and settings stay on your device. The app goes online only to download public infrared code lists from GitHub when you ask it to, and to handle the Pro purchase through your app store.

What stays on your device

The app does not collect your name, email, contacts, location, photos, microphone, camera or any device identifier.

• Your remote library (learned and imported codes, layouts) and your settings, including the Wi-Fi bridge settings and any allowlist addresses you type.
• The last crash report, kept in a private file on the device so you can read it under More. It is never sent anywhere.

What leaves your device

• Code databases (when you use them): when you browse or download from Flipper-IRDB, IRDB, LIRC remotes or the UberGuidoZ Flipper collection, the app requests files from GitHub (api.github.com and raw.githubusercontent.com). GitHub will see your IP address and the request, as any website would, under GitHub's privacy statement. The app sends no account or personal details. The Find my remote index is built into the app and needs no internet.
• Purchases: the one-time Pro unlock is handled entirely by Google Play (or Amazon Appstore in the Amazon build), under that store's privacy policy. The app only learns whether Pro is unlocked.
• Wi-Fi bridge (only while you switch it on): the phone listens on your local network (port 4998 for Global Caché iTach and port 8765 for LIRC) so smart-home tools such as Home Assistant can send IR commands. By default it accepts connections only from your own Wi-Fi/Ethernet network, or only from addresses you list. It has no password, so anyone on a network you allow could send IR commands through your blaster. Turn it off, or use the allowlist, on networks you do not trust. Nothing from the bridge is sent to the developer.
• Network iTach output (optional): if you choose a Global Caché iTach on your network as a blaster, IR commands are sent to the address you enter.
• Exports and backups: when you export a library or a backup file, it is written where you choose. What happens to it after that is up to you.

Backups

Android device backup is on for this app. Your remote library and settings may be copied to your Google account's backup (or to a new phone during transfer), under Google's terms. The crash report, cache and Pro status are excluded; Pro is re-checked with the store.

Permissions

• USB host / USB device: to talk to your IR dongle. Plugging it in can open the app.
• Transmit IR: to use the phone's built-in IR emitter, if it has one.
• Internet and network state: for the code downloads and the Wi-Fi bridge.
• Foreground service (connected device): keeps the bridge running while it is on.
• Notifications: shows the bridge running notice.
• Run at startup: restarts the bridge after a reboot or app update, only if you had it enabled.
• Vibrate: button feedback.

Deleting your data

Clear the app's storage in Android settings, or uninstall the app, to remove everything held on the device. Because there are no accounts or servers, the developer holds no data about you. Any copy in your Google backup can be removed from your Google account's backup settings.

Children

Fire Blaster is not directed at children under 13 and collects no personal information from anyone.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new effective date.

Contact

Questions about this policy? Email info@dreamz-code.com or call (830) 308-8986.