BitTorrent Sync is an Android app developed by BitTorrent, Inc. (303 2nd Street, S200 San Francisco, CA 94107). Others apps created by BitTorrent, Inc. are: BitTorrent Remote, BitTorrent Now, Bleep, BitTorrent, µTorrent, µTorrent Remote.

BitTorrent Sync first became available on 17 Jul 2013. It is estimated that BitTorrent Sync has been downloaded between 500000 and 1000000 times from the Play Store.

BitTorrent Sync 2.3.9 requires the following permissions:

Allows applications to access information about networks.

Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.

Required to be able to access the camera device.

Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service.

Allows applications to open network sockets.

Allows an application to read from external storage.

Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting. If you don't request this permission, you will not receive the broadcast at that time. Though holding this permission does not have any security implications, it can have a negative impact on the user experience by increasing the amount of time it takes the system to start and allowing applications to have themselves running without the user being aware of them. As such, you must explicitly declare your use of this facility to make that visible to the user.

Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.

Allows an application to write to external storage.