
AtticAlbum: Encrypted Photos
Private Vault, Biometric Lock
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What's New in AtticAlbum
1.8
September 15, 2026
This update asks who you are before the three settings that weaken your app lock take effect, and corrects several screens that said more than the app does. • Changing your app lock now asks for Face ID or your passcode first. Change Passcode, Remove App Lock, and switching biometric unlock off each require you to authenticate before they take effect. Until now none of the three asked who you were: two were a single tap, and removing the lock asked only for a tap to confirm. Delete All Data, on the same screen, already asked for a credential. Turning biometric unlock on is not gated: it strengthens the lock rather than weakening it. • Turning biometric unlock off now warns you first. Once it is off, your passcode is the only way into your albums, so keep it somewhere you can find it. Your photos and videos are encrypted with a key that is not your passcode, so forgetting it does not destroy them. • The paywall no longer advertises a map view. AtticAlbum's Pro location tagging records where a photo or video was taken and shows the place name on the item's info sheet. • The selection toolbar speaks your language. When you select items, Delete had been left in English in every album and in every language, and so had Restore in Recently Deleted. In French, the button that takes an item out of an album no longer uses the word for deleting it. • The backup screen is more precise about what iCloud protects. It now names photos and videos specifically, rather than implying everything in the app is encrypted. • The App Lock settings screen is more precise about what the lock covers. It now says your albums rather than implying the whole app is locked, and notes that taking photos and videos does not require unlocking. The photos and videos in your vault stay encrypted, including in your iCloud device backup. No servers of ours. No account to create. No tracking.
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