{"id":25165,"date":"2013-06-05T15:41:14","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T22:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.mcafee.com\/?p=25165"},"modified":"2025-08-27T23:39:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T06:39:23","slug":"are-your-kids-using-vault-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/family-safety\/are-your-kids-using-vault-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Your Kids Using Vault Apps to Hide Photos, Chats, or Videos?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A number of apps for both the Android and iPhone exist that are great for storing your personal \u201cgems,\u201d those pieces of digital data you want to keep under lock and key on your smart phone. The apps store data such as logins and passwords, private photos, and keep them safe from hands of hackers, or even thieves who may steal your phone.<\/p>\n<p>We give these apps big props for increasing mobile safety. However, their power can be flipped on parents when a teen uses them to store sexual photos, private chats, inappropriate videos, or any array of inappropriate content.<\/p>\n<p>Know the apps when you see them on your child\u2019s phone, then\u00a0address the issue of harmful content (we understand this conversation and the topic of privacy will\u00a0vary in every home). Unfortunately, built into a few of the apps (such as Vault), the app can be used in \u201cstealth mode\u201d and disappear from a phone completely and only opened by entering the\u00a0password from within the phone dialer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/securingtomorrow.mcafee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/phone-vault-242x300.jpg\" alt=\"phone vault\" width=\"147\" height=\"173\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Here are just a few apps to look for:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Personal<\/li>\n<li>Keep Safe (Gold)<\/li>\n<li>PS<\/li>\n<li>Vault<\/li>\n<li>Keeper<\/li>\n<li>PrivatePhoto Vault<\/li>\n<li>PhotoLocker<\/li>\n<li>Vaulty<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When it comes to technology and kids finding a way around their parents, kids will likely win.\u00a0However, it doesn\u2019t hurt to know what to\u00a0look for so\u00a0that important conversations can happen, and rules and expectations put in place, <em>before<\/em> your child\u2019s safety (or reputation) is compromised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A number of apps for both the Android and iPhone exist that are great for storing your personal \u201cgems,\u201d those&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":642,"featured_media":201444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3359],"class_list":["post-25165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family-safety"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Are Your Kids Using Vault Apps to Hide Photos, Chats, or Videos? 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