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How to check whether a privacy app is telling you the truth — including this one.

How to check whether a vault app is lying to you

Most photo vault apps only put a PIN screen in front of your files. Here is the fifteen-minute test that tells you which ones actually encrypt, and how this app scores on it.

What happens if you forget the password

In a properly built vault, forgetting the password means the files are gone forever. That sounds like a flaw. It is the entire feature, and here is why.