Co-Founder, HypaVault
Lisa Noronha co-founded the company behind HypaVault and leads its teams. She has more than 20 years of experience in product, digital experience and growth, working with major brands worldwide. Here she writes about keeping personal photos, documents and crypto keys private on everyday phones.
The Hidden album and Locked Folder open with your phone's own passcode. Here's how to use them, when a vault is the better choice, and how to clear every leftover copy.
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Paper first, never a screenshot, and encryption for any digital copy. What the BIP39 standard means for your words, and the everyday places that quietly leak them.
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Type your passcode, press =, and the vault opens. Any other sum is just arithmetic. Here's how the disguise works, how it compares with hiding an app, and what it can't do.
· 6 min read
Getting Started · 6 steps · 2 min read
Every way in through the + button: the in-app camera, your photo library, documents and the recorder, plus how to clear the originals from your gallery.
Your Files · 6 steps · 2 min read
Notes that save as you type, and a seed phrase note that keeps your crypto wallet's words hidden until you press and hold.
Staying Private · 3 steps · 1 min read
A lock screen that works as a real calculator or alarm clock, an app icon to match, and how to open your vault from each.
Staying Private · 3 steps · 2 min read
A second passcode for when someone forces you to unlock. Here's exactly what it does, and what to prepare so you can bring your vaults back afterwards.
Backups and Phones · 6 steps · 1 min read
Your device key stays on the old phone, so each vault comes over with its recovery phrase. Here are the three ways to do it, and what to check before you wipe the old one.
Who Lisa is, what they write and how to reach the team.
Lisa Noronha co-founded the company behind HypaVault and leads its teams. She has more than 20 years of experience in product, digital experience and growth.
Keeping personal photos, documents and crypto keys private on everyday phones. Everything she has written for HypaVault is listed on this page.
Yes. Lisa co-founded the company behind HypaVault, Cyberdunes in Mumbai, India, and writes from working on the product every day.
Lisa has more than 20 years of experience in product, digital experience and growth, working with major brands worldwide.
Everything she has written for HypaVault is on this page. For anything else, write to mail@hypavault.com.
Each one names its sources, lists them at the end and follows the process described on the Editorial Policy page.
Write to mail@hypavault.com and a person on the team will answer. Please never send a passcode or recovery phrase, because we can't use them to help and will never ask for them.
No. HypaVault encrypts everything on your phone, and nothing you store ever reaches us, so no one at the company, including its authors, can open your files.
Start free on iPhone, iPad or Android. Choose a passcode, write down your recovery phrase, and add your first private files.
