Gina
Good app but needs a more polished UI
Over all, it does what I want it to do. If the bugs get fixed, I’ll give it 5 stars definitely.
Update: So I force closed the app multiple times and it didn’t fix the issue I described above, but then I force closed it again and left it sitting for about an hour and now everything works like it’s supposed to. So up to 5 stars, as promised. But the UI could be polished a little more. It’s a tad dated/cheap looking.
Not great
Plan and simple. This App does not work
I LOST MY INFO
Good app
Import/export entire Folders. Very few apps are capable of this since we made the mistake of updating to dysfunctional iOS 13.
Good job.
Additional Encryption for your Files - Caveats
What makes this application so useful is how it integrates into other apps. It’s what distinguishes it from simple volume encryption apps. It loads files in-app. I am curious to know what the forensic footprint of these actions might be and whether sensitive forensic artifacts are created outside the vault that might reveal sensitive information when previewing files within the app interface. The only qualm was ETER PGP app on iOS did not work as smoothly as expected in the app. This app is my gold star app has most robust PGP implementation I have ever seen on any platform hope to get the problem addressed.
I have not carefully reviewed the white paper yet and it has not been updated since 2017. I am not a cryptographer but some important things I will need review before deploying this:
- if references the app using a SHA1 cryptographic hash function which if correct would be completely unsafe
- why use CBC as oppose to GCM which is considered more robust
Also, just as important is the white paper gives no clear information on how the application uses elevated data protection class APIs in the app. I would like more information. Data protection classes are an Apple SDK API which provides very strong additional security on files. I want to know how the app implements these features and specifically whether it uses a elevated class (NSFileProtectionComplete).
Reviewing the website, not sure if the company has an actual cryptographer working for them or it’s a bunch of programmers cobbling open source code to design encryption implementation. It’s concerning would like to see independent report carried out by the company assessing application cryptographic implementation. This really should be considered mandatory for an application of this nature.
Moving on, the application would benefit a lot from a improvement in UI interface design. The app is not a nice to look at or use. Interface navigation is awkward, basic manipulations like swiping does not navigate the folder tree as you would expect.
I have not tested robustness of sync feature and how changes on multiple devices are absorbed.
All in all I am very hopeful this application will continue development. More transparency in cryptographic and security implementation. Refine user interface experience. Please consider leveraging power of CryptoKit and the Secure Enclave in iOS 13. The question of forensic artifacts and other crumbs which might reveal sensitive information being left outside the vault when previewing files etc is important.
I’ll update this review as I get more information and use out of it.
Five stars because I want to support its development and it shows a lot of promise.
I agree with other reviewer photo browser experience is sub optimal and awkward. Even with slideshow function it’s still very unnatural. The ability to sort folder view as icons or lists to show longer file names would also be great.
simple and safe 😂👍🏼
Disappointing photo browser
They gold standard
useless for my purposes
No way (at least no _documented_ way) to delete a safe.
