The app is called Private Photo (Calculator%) and it’s just one of several apps in the App Store that act like a calculator app, but in reality are clever photo vaults that will easily fool any parent snooping around on their child’s smartphone.
On the iPhone’s home screen, the app looks just like a normal calculator app. And when you open the app, it even works like a calculator, adding and subtracting any numbers you enter.
But if you know the right sequence of digits, you can unlock a hidden feature that gives you access to a photo album. Inside the photo album, you can import photos you’ve already taken using the iPhone’s native photo app, shoot and save photos directly from the Calculator% app and email any photos saved in the app.
To be sure, this app isn’t an amazing discovery by any stretch. These kinds of apps have been around for a while now. But the torrent of heartfelt thanks from parents on Casey’s Facebook page indicates that many parents had no idea their kids were this sneaky, so it looks like the instructional video was necessary.
This new video is just the latest in a series of cell phone safety tip videos Casey regularly posts on her Facebook page, giving tech-challenged parents a handy new tool and ending the clever app honeymoon for slick teenagers everywhere.