com.samsung.android.privateaccesstokens Copy

Reported on devices as "Automatic verification", and labelled "Private Access Tokens" on some, this is a Samsung system component behind the Automatic verification feature that arrived with One UI 7. In our sample it is signed by the same Samsung key that signs the device framework, so it is an OEM component, and it has no launcher icon. Reporting on One UI 7 describes Automatic verification as part of Samsung Internet's Smart anti-tracking settings (Menu, Privacy, Smart anti-tracking): on supporting websites it lets the browser skip CAPTCHA challenges without the site collecting data during that check, and it does not work in other browsers such as Chrome or Firefox. The package name appears to echo Private Access Tokens, the name Apple uses for its deployment of Privacy Pass, an IETF standard that lets a user prove something about themselves, such as having passed a CAPTCHA, without revealing an identifier. Samsung's own documentation of how its implementation works could not be found, so the exact mechanism on Galaxy devices is not confirmed here. Version note: in our sample the package appears only on Galaxy devices running Android 15 or later, which is consistent with its arrival alongside One UI 7; it is not expected on older software. For Android Enterprise, EMM and kiosk use it has no part in enrolment or policy. Its only documented effect is on CAPTCHA handling in Samsung Internet, so on devices where Samsung Internet is not used, or on a kiosk locked to other apps, it does little. Disabling it would be expected to mean users of Samsung Internet see CAPTCHAs as normal on sites that support the feature, but that could not be confirmed. Test on one device first.

• One UI 7 is letting Galaxy users say goodbye to CAPTCHAs - Android Authority →
• One UI 7 automatically handles those pesky CAPTCHAs for you - SamMobile →
• Privacy Pass - Cloudflare Privacy Pass docs →
• Package provenance for com.samsung.android.privateaccesstokens - Android System App Database →

• Signed by the device maker's own signing key (Samsung), so it is an OEM preinstall, and that single certificate is consistent across all 15 device profiles. It also signs the Android framework, so it is a platform-level key on its device(s). Inferred from the certificate appearing only on Samsung devices (508 packages, 10196 observations).
• Its largest observed manifest declares 11 permissions: 5 signature or system-level, 4 install-time and 2 vendor or uncatalogued.
• Reported as an updated system app on 11 of 15 profiles - a newer build is installed over the one in the system image there.