Where to store photos

[TeflonSwan]

does anyone have any suggestions for storage solutions to keep intimate photos safe from DC prying eyes whilst they are playing with your phone?

The 'hidden' album on my iPhone

Most phones have a secure folder that you set up with a PIN no...

Yes, Hidden album on iPhone, but if they know your pass code then they can still open them (I had no idea, as it initially uses Face ID, but if this fails it goes to passcode). You can go into Photo settings and hide the Hidden Album too….I learnt this the hard way as DC found the album and as Face ID didn’t work for them, it went to passcode verification. Obviously I had no idea this would happen as it appeared to me that facial recognition was the only way it could be accessed 😭

Also worth remembering that when you take naughty snaps they may initially go into your std camera pictures album. You may have to manually move them to your safe folder..

You can get an app called Photo Vault and can set up a different passcode or fingerprint access.

They will save to your normal camera roll but then when you import to the app you can select to remove them from the camera roll

I have a photo vault app.

Install Google Files and from there you can create a secure folder. It uses a different PIN from your phone PIN.

But you have to transfer them to the secure folder.

Google photos now offers a secure Album but that may come with Google One.

@LoveBuzzz noooooooooo!!!!! 😳

I have a Pixel and it comes with Locked Folder which I use fingerprint reader to secure. It's a move not a copy so no deletion required just make sure your Backups are deleted to be safe.

You can't Cast from the Locked Folder so have to manually flip out and back.

Maybe find a way to download them to a usb/memory stick rather than leave them on your phone

Another vote for google drive and the secure folder on there. You have to delete them from your phone after tho.

I have Samsung Secure folder. It has a camera function in it, so any pictures taken using that camera go immediately into the secure folder. If I use the wrong camera then I have to transfer the pic over from my Samsung pic file, delete from Google images and then empty the recycle bin. My Dad was faced with a tit shot (which was the last shot I'd taken on there so it came up on opening the camera) when I tried to take a selfie of him and I together once. I've been a quite a lot more careful since then. 😱

Keepsafe app (from Google Play) - you set up a separate pin and can transfer photos there.

Use an old phone.

The hidden album on my phone....

I have a app photo vault called Keep Safe.

Thanks Lovebuzz - I know that problem of passwords, plus for me facial recognition is easily bypassed by DC looking exactly like me!

The photo vault app has done exactly what I was looking for, so thanks @Yorkieboy 😊

@TeflonSwan I'm not sure if the app you've downloaded is the same as the one I use (Private Photo Vault - Pic Safe), but when I import images into the vault, I get the option to delete them from the camera roll - as you do - and then have to remember to delete them from the "deleted photos" album, otherwise they are in effect still accessible to others. As an aside, the one I use allows an additional PIN number to be assigned (perhaps one that your kids or friends 'know') and which will take them to a different non-secure album and totally hide the existence of your private album. It also takes a photo of anyone attempting to unlock the private album.

When I used used photo vault a couple of years ago, it crashed and lost all of my photos! So be careful.

Google Drive is of course stored in 'the cloud'. Once the pictures are stored anywhere outside the phone, control can easily pass to the porn-industry. However much providers claim they are private, it only takes one leak of a fun photo. ... a bit of face-recognition ...

Your title made me shudder and recall a suppressed memory… actual, physical photos of me that my boyfriend took when we were 17 were found by his dad, and he and his friend/neighbour looked through them whilst enjoying a few beers. I could never go back to his house after that!

Anyway, more recently DH and I used a digital camera bought for the purpose, rather than our phones. It’s kept hidden well away.

wouldn't google's security have to be hacked for that to happen though?
Whatever else you say about google, I tend to trust their security more than most.
Or am I missing something/being naive?

Yes I think Google are as good-as-any at preventing other (ordinary-)users from seeing pictures not shared with them.

I had in mind their internal people. Useful Quora discussion here including contributions from Google engineers, which is quite reassuring. Also Google has automatic systms to look at all content and refer photos it is unsure about to real people to assess against its policies. If it thinks pictures (eg short people) may be children, then a real person will look at it. Some people will think this possibility (even if remote) is enough to not-to-store their fun pictures outside their phone (including auto-backup which may easily be acidentally initiated).

PoxyAndIKnowIt mentioned "acual, physical photos of me that my boyfriend took when we were 17 were found by his dad, and he and his friend/neighbour looked through them whilst enjoying a few beers" and the analogy to digital images is if one of the film-processors enjoyed the pictures and copied for their own collection.

Once pictures leave your control, sadly the-more-fun-they-are, the more likely it is that other people may see/distribute them