Security and privacy

Your photos are personal. Here is what stays on your device, what we store, and how it's protected. The full details are in our privacy policy and data protection page.

Scanning stays on your device

Space Maker looks for duplicates, blurry photos and large videos on your device. Your photos are not uploaded to scan them, and contacts are never uploaded.

The vault never leaves your device

Vault files are encrypted with AES-256-GCM. The key is kept in your device's secure storage behind Face ID or your passcode. Your PIN is never stored, only checked. Vault files are kept out of iCloud device backups.

Cloud backups are encrypted

Backups are stored in Google Cloud in the United States (us-central1), encrypted at rest. Our access rules limit your backup list and files to your account, and files come back through short-lived links.

Add a backup password for end-to-end encryption

Turn on "Protect cloud backups with a password" and your files are encrypted on your device before they upload, using AES-256-GCM with a key made from your password (PBKDF2-SHA256, 600,000 rounds). We never receive your password or your key. If you forget the password, we can't recover it for you, and Space Maker tells you this before you turn it on. Choose a long password. Anyone who has it can open your backups.

What we don't do

No ads, and no ad tracking.
No advertising ID (IDFA), so no tracking prompt.
No analytics SDK in the app. We don't collect product-usage analytics.
We don't sell your data.
We don't keep your email address or name in our own database. Apple or Google holds that for sign-in.

What you control

Start as a guest. Sign in with Apple or Google only when you turn on backup, buy a plan or manage devices.
Use up to 5 devices. Sign out any device from another one.
Delete one device's backups, or delete your account and everything linked to it, right in the app.

Be straight about the limits

Without a backup password, Google encrypts your backups at rest and Voiie can recover them if you lose access to your account. That makes backups easy to restore, and it's why we offer the password option for people who want only themselves to hold the key.

Report a security problem

If you think you found a security problem, please email support@spacemakerapp.com with the details. We'll look at it quickly and tell you what we find.