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January 2020 “Members Helping Members” Volume 37, Issue 10
Author: Bill Crowe, Director, Sarasota Technology User There are, of course, many applications that
Group, FL
can do it, but one of the best is called Private
October 2019 issue, STUG Monitor Photo Vault. The following is a brief introduc-
www.thestug.org tion to Private Photo Vault.
director1 (at) thestug.org Private Photo Vault is one of the best free ap-
Last month I lost my wallet. Not a good day. I plications to protect your personal photos and
knew the last time I had used the card, and videos by password/pattern-locking. This fea-
from there I went straight home. They did not ture-rich app allows easy album
have the card at my last stop, so I had either organization by allowing you to transfer images
lost it on the way to the car or at home. After an and videos from iPhone’s photo app
extensive search, I had to go about cancelling
and replacing all my credit cards. I had to do to your new protected album. All you need to
the same for all my other cards like medical do is select photos you want to hide and
cards, Driver’s license, Costco’s, and others. password-protect them on your private album.
Not a fun job. The job would have been so Private Photo Vault has a tri-protect system.
much easier if I had kept a record of all my You can either hide your photos via a secure
cards. I got to thinking that if I had taken a pic- password system or a nifty pattern lock system.
ture of each card (front and back), I would have There’s also a pin lock option that lets you hide
had them on my iPhone. That would have an image by entering a 4-digit pin.
solved the problem.
Thinking about it further, what if someone got
my phone or was able to access my iCloud and Of many additional features, my favorite is the
gain access to my info? All my cards were decoy password option. It allows users to enter
there for the taking. I was hoping that there was two passwords – one for general access and
a way to lock photos on my iPhone, but Apple another for those albums you want to really se-
has not yet provided one. I knew there must be cure. With a smooth interface, and simple yet
an app for that, and ‘By Golly’ there is. extremely secure protection option, the app is a
good way to hide your photos on your phone.
By the way, the end of my story is that after I
cancelled most of my cards, I found the wallet.
It was in about the only place in the house I
had not turned upside down.
Credit: www.privatephotovault.com
See the tutorials at
https://privatephotovault.com/tutorials/
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