What the vault does
Features
What the vault does, and how the two keys work.
- 001How Vault9 protects your photosA plain list of how Vault9 protects your vault on iPhone, from AES-256-GCM encryption to the Secret Key, and the limits you should know before you rely on it.
- 002Lock your photos with a pattern and a Secret Key your phone makesVault9 opens your vault with your pattern or passphrase and a Secret Key (or Face ID, if you turn it on). See how the two fit together and where this lock stops.
- 003Restore your Vault9 vault on a new iPhone with the iCloud backupThe iCloud backup saves your encrypted vault in your own iCloud storage. See how to restore it on a new iPhone, what you need, and what it does not do.
- 004Take private photos and videos straight into your vaultThe camera in Vault9 saves photos and videos only into your encrypted vault, not into Photos. See how to use it, what it leaves out, and what a lock does.
- 005Use a photo vault with no account: setup and daily useVault9 needs no account and no email, so setup is a pattern or passphrase and a one-page Emergency Kit. See the four steps and what daily use looks like.
