Terms of Service & Privacy Policy

1. What the app does

Terminon (package com.sg.terminon) is a free SSH and Mosh client for Android. It lets you save hosts, open a terminal, transfer files over SFTP, and set up port tunnels. It is provided as-is.

You are responsible for the servers you connect to, the credentials and keys you use, and for what you do in a session. Terminon is not a substitute for good security practice on those servers, and it is not a professional or managed hosting service.

2. Optional features

Some features are optional and stay off until you turn them on:

• A vault passphrase encrypts hosts, keys and similar data on the device. You can also unlock the vault with fingerprint or face recognition, if you choose.
• Google Drive sync, if you sign in, stores an encrypted copy of that data in your own Drive app folder.
• Background sessions: if you leave the app with a session open, a foreground service can keep the SSH or Mosh connection alive until you close it or disconnect.

You don’t need Drive sync, biometrics or background sessions to use the rest of the app.

3. Licence

We grant you a personal, limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to install and use the app on devices you own or control, solely in accordance with these Terms. All rights not expressly granted are reserved. You may not copy, modify, reverse engineer, redistribute or sublicense the app except to the extent applicable law prohibits that restriction, or except as permitted by licences of third-party open-source components bundled with the app, including JSch, Mosh client libraries and bundled fonts.

4. No warranty

The app is provided “as is” and “as available”. To the extent the law allows, we make no promises that it will be accurate, uninterrupted, error-free or fit for a particular purpose. In particular, we don’t warrant that a connection will stay up, that a server will accept your credentials, or that a backup can always be restored.

To the extent the law allows, we aren’t liable for indirect or consequential losses, lost data or lost profits arising from your use of Terminon. Nothing in these Terms limits rights you have under consumer protection laws that can’t be waived.

5. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of India, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. You keep all the mandatory consumer protections that the laws of your country give you.

6. Contact

Questions about these Terms? Email sanket1biz@gmail.com.

Who is responsible

Sanket Apps, the developer of Terminon, is responsible for this policy. Contact: sanket1biz@gmail.com.

What stays on your device

Hosts, keys, snippets, settings and similar data are stored in the app’s private storage on your device. You can encrypt that data with a vault passphrase only you know. Optional fingerprint or face unlock is handled by Android on the device; we do not receive biometric data.

Terminon has no ads and does not include an advertising, analytics or crash-reporting SDK. It does not require an account with Sanket Apps, and we do not run servers that receive your hosts, keys or terminal sessions.

If the app hits a problem, it may save a crash report on the device. That report holds the error and your device and app versions, and it does not include host names or terminal text. It stays on the device unless you choose to share it.

Connections you make

When you open an SSH, Mosh or SFTP session, or a port tunnel, traffic goes only to the servers you chose. Sanket Apps does not relay, inspect or store that traffic. Those connections are encrypted by the SSH or Mosh protocol.

Optional Google Drive sync and local backups

If you turn on Google Drive sync, Terminon uses Google Sign-In and the Drive app-data scope to store an encrypted copy in your own Drive app folder. The data is encrypted on the device with a passphrase you choose before it is uploaded, so Google cannot read it. Sanket Apps cannot read it either. Terminon only sees that hidden app folder, not your other Drive files.

Sync is optional. You can turn it off, and you can delete the sync file from your Drive. You can also make an encrypted backup file on the device or in a location you pick, and restore from it.

If Android backup is turned on for your device, Terminon excludes its databases and shared preferences from Android’s cloud backup and from device-to-device transfer, so your vault is not included in those backups.

Permissions

• Internet (INTERNET): used to make SSH, Mosh and SFTP connections you start, and for optional Drive sync.
• Network state (ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE): used to see whether a network is available for those connections.
• Notifications (POST_NOTIFICATIONS): used for session alerts, such as a terminal bell, a finished command, or an unexpected disconnect, including while the app is in the background.
• Foreground service (special use) (FOREGROUND_SERVICE, FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE): keeps your open interactive SSH and Mosh sessions connected while the app is in the background, until you close them or disconnect.
• Vibrate (VIBRATE): used for the terminal bell and similar alerts.
• Biometric (USE_BIOMETRIC): optional. Used only to unlock your vault on this device, if you turn that on.

You can change notifications and biometric unlock in Android settings. You don’t need biometrics, notifications or background sessions to connect from the app itself.

What we never do

• Collect, sell or rent your personal data.
• Require a Sanket Apps login or account.
• Receive your hosts, keys, passwords or terminal sessions on our servers.
• Include ads or usage analytics in the app, or use an advertising ID.

Children

The app is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Your rights

Because we do not collect or hold your personal data on our side, there is typically nothing for us to access, correct or delete on a server. You can clear local data by clearing the app’s storage or uninstalling it. If you used Drive sync, you can delete the Terminon file in your Drive app folder as well. If you live in a place with data protection laws, you can also contact us or your local data protection authority with any concern.

Changes

We may update this policy. The effective date at the top of this page will change when we do.

Governing law

This policy is governed by the laws of India, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. You keep all the mandatory protections that the laws of your country give you.

Contact

Questions about this policy? Email sanket1biz@gmail.com.