Guides

Read these first, whatever app you use

These guides are written to help you even if you never use Bishop Vault. They say what Apple already gives you for free, how to check any vault app, and what no app can stop. Where Bishop Vault fits, we say so, and where it doesn’t, we say that too. Facts from outside sources are dated and listed at the bottom of each guide.

All guides

• How to keep photos private on iPhone: every real way Every way to keep photos private on iPhone, from Apple’s locked album and app lock to an encrypted vault app, and what each one does and does not protect.
• Is a photo vault app safe? A checklist to run yourself How to tell a real encrypted vault from an app that only puts a lock screen in front of your photos. Eight checks you can run on any vault app.
• What a photo vault can’t protect you from, and what to do Spyware, someone watching you type, a forced unlock, and copies you made yourself: what no photo vault app can stop, and the steps that help instead.
• Photo vault for Mac: keep private photos on your Mac Every way to keep private photos on a Mac: the Photos locked album, FileVault, an encrypted disk image, and a vault app. What each protects and what it misses.
• How to store ID documents and scans securely on iPhone Keep scans of your ID, insurance card, and papers encrypted and searchable on iPhone, what belongs in a password manager, and what not to scan at all.
• A private diary app that never nags, and what it can see What makes a diary app private: its own passcode, no reminders or streaks, and what iCloud and Apple can and can't see about the entries you write.