Intruder alerts
Intruder alerts that photograph wrong PIN attempts.
In Secure Folder: Privacy Vault, enable Intruder Alerts and allow camera access to silently capture a photo on wrong PIN attempts in the vault. Capture starts from the third attempt in a row by default, with the threshold adjustable from 1 to 10, and the log records the date and exact time. The photos stay in the app on your iPhone.
Try it on your own photos.
Choose the wrong-PIN threshold, and the photo and attempt details stay inside the vault.
- On wrong PIN
- Silent front-camera photo
- Logged
- Attempt, date, exact time
- Stored
- In the app, on your iPhone
- Requires
- Premium (paid upgrade)
What lands in your intruder log
From the configured wrong-PIN threshold onward, each failed PIN attempt becomes an entry: the captured photo, the date, and the time down to the minute. Multiple attempts in a row are logged individually, so you can see whether someone made one curious tap or sat there guessing. The log lives inside the vault, behind your real PIN. Nothing on screen tells the person who triggered it that a record exists, and the photo is captured silently.
If your phone is grabbed or borrowed, the intruder log shows who reached the wrong-PIN threshold while trying to open your vault.
Using the log with the decoy vault
The intruder log shows who tried and when, which turns a vague suspicion into something you can act on. Together with the decoy vault, you can show the decoy when someone asks you to unlock the app and still see the attempts made behind your back.
Common questions
Does the app warn the person that a photo was taken?
No. The capture is silent: no flash, no sound, no on-screen message. The wrong-PIN screen behaves like any failed unlock, and the photo appears only in your intruder log inside the vault.
Are intruder photos uploaded or shared?
No. Intruder photos and their timestamps are stored in the app on your iPhone, and the app never uploads them.
Are intruder alerts free?
Intruder alerts are a Premium feature, available as a subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. The core vault and stealth mode work without Premium.