# Privacy Screen

> Privacy overlay that blocks side views. It protects the screen with checker and noise patterns, and allows you to view real-time camera footage as the background.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.privacy.checkerboard](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.privacy.checkerboard)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.privacy.checkerboard`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Jamy.Yeom
- **Category:** TOOLS
- **Downloads:** 13
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-12
- **First published:** 2026-07-11
- **Publisher country:** KR
- **Size:** 19 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.privacy.checkerboard)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://sites.google.com/view/privacytoryscreen/%ED%99%88](https://sites.google.com/view/privacytoryscreen/%ED%99%88)

## Description

This is a privacy overlay app used when you want to reduce the risk of people peeking at your screen from the side, such as in cafes, subways, or meeting rooms where there are people around.<br><br>You can view the floor across the entire screen, allowing you to distinguish crosswalks or obstacles even while walking and doing other tasks.<br><br>It overlays checkerboard, striped, or dynamic noise patterns onto the screen, making it usable from the front but difficult to see content from the side.<br><br>■ Key Features<br><br>• Privacy Overlay — Works over other apps<br><br>• Pattern Selection — Checkerboard, Vertical/Horizontal Stripes<br><br>• Dynamic Privacy Noise — Moving noise patterns<br><br>• Intensity Adjustment — Overlay Alpha (Transparency) slider and presets<br><br>• Ambient Light Auto Correction — Automatically adjusts pattern intensity in bright environments<br><br>• Brightness Assist — System brightness slider, decrease/restore<br><br>• Auto Off — Automatically shuts down after 1 minute / 5 minutes / 15 minutes<br><br>• Camera Transparency Mode — Uses the rear camera video as the background, allowing you to see the video that is obscured by the phone while walking.

## Rankings

- #2,723,019 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_CAMERA`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `com.privacy.checkerboard.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.privacy.checkerboard)