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LockLens: Private Photo Vault
A completely private, local-only photo vault for Android.
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A completely private, local-only photo vault for Android.
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Most photo vaults secretly upload your data or track your usage. LockLens by Richfield Labs changes that. It's a local, privacy-first photo vault designed to keep sensitive images secure. Protected by strong encryption and biometrics, your media never leaves your device. Plus, LockLens automatically strips hidden metadata, like location and device details, from your files for ultimate privacy. Zero cloud, zero tracking, just your memories securely locked away
so, it's just a gallery app? as it has no sync, and without the lock, it's like any other gallery app, isn't it?
@nhrdev "No sync" is the feature, not a gap. Sync means a server somewhere has copies of your photos. LockLens has no internet permission at all, Android blocks every network call at the OS level. Your files literally cannot leave the device.
The lock matters more than it might look. It's AES-256-GCM encryption with keys in the Android Keystore (hardware-backed), not just a passcode on a folder. But the bigger differentiator is actually the camera: EXIF metadata — your GPS coordinates, device model, exact timestamp, is stripped before the photo is saved anywhere, not after. Regular gallery apps never touch that data.
If you just want to hide photos from a nosy sibling, yeah, there are simpler apps. LockLens is for people who actually don't want a photo's location data to exist in the first place, and want their sensitive photos stored in a way that survives someone with physical access to the phone. The decoy PIN (second PIN that opens a fake empty vault) and break-in selfie (failed unlock attempts secretly photograph the person trying) are also things no gallery app does.
@stevet303 I see, but, you could have added end-to-end encryption easily for the sync, making the sync as an optional feature, so, if someone just wants the local storage, then ok, otherwise they have option to sync them with a separate encryption password which will locally encrypt everything and saves those encrypted blobs into the cloud
@nhrdev You're right that it's technically sound. But sync requires an account, and no account is one of LockLens's core promises. There's no login, no email, nothing to breach, nothing to subpoena, no "forgot your sync password" flow that becomes a backdoor. The moment sync is on the table, even as an option, all of that changes.
The "no internet permission" guarantee backs this up at the OS level, you can pull the APK and verify it. That's a harder promise than "we don't sync by default."
Fair suggestion though, and I get the appeal. It's just a tradeoff I made deliberately.
@stevet303 I'd suggest to make it open source if possible for more trust, and regarding account creation, as I said, sync will be optional, so, user can use without account for the offline features
these will differentiate your product from others