A browser is not a VPN. A break-in log and an optional photo record what happened at the lock screen. They do not hide your IP address from sites you visit or from your network operator. Tracking protection is list-based and not absolute. Intruder Photo is off until you enable it. Camera permission is asked when you turn the feature on, never at the lock screen. Photos may depict other people. You are responsible for local law. Private Browser Incognito is rated 17+ for unrestricted web access and is intended for adults.
App Lock answers whether the real session opens. Break-in alerts answer a quieter question: did someone try while you were away. That second question is optional Stealth Suite. The free lock already keeps the door closed with a six-digit passcode and Face ID. The log is for people who want a record of failed attempts, and the photo is for people who want a picture of who was holding the phone. The photo is off until you turn it on.
This article stays inside the shipping product: timestamps on failed unlocks, an optional front-camera capture encrypted on the device, permission asked in settings, never at lock, and the neighboring tools (panic, decoy, self-destruct) without turning the page into a surveillance pitch. If you only needed the free door, start with App Lock With Passcode and Face ID.
Failed unlocks become a log
With break-in alerts on, a wrong passcode or a failed Face ID attempt at the lock screen is stored with a timestamp. You open the real session later and you can see that the door was tried. The log is local. There is no account that would receive a push from our servers, because there is no app server for browsing and no sign-in. The App Store privacy label is Data Not Collected: no analytics SDK, no ads in the app, no third-party SDKs.
A timestamp is not a movie. It does not prove motive. It does not name a person. It tells you that the lock was tested at a time. That is often enough: a shared house, a desk, a bag left on a table. If nobody tried, the log stays quiet. If someone did, you decide what to do next. The log is not a police report we file. We never see it.
The log can be wiped. A panic code at the lock screen silently wipes tabs, the entire vault, and the break-in log, then opens what looks like a fresh start. That wipe is irreversible. If you needed the timestamps, they are gone with everything else panic destroys. Panic is a different verb from logging. Do not configure both and then confuse which number does which job. The wipe path is spelled out in Panic Code: Wipe Tabs and Vault From the Lock Screen.
Intruder Photo is off until you enable it
Optional Intruder Photo uses the front camera to capture who tried. Photos are encrypted on the device. The feature does not ship on. You have to enable it. Until you do, failed unlocks can still be logged as times without ever involving the camera. That default is deliberate. A camera that fires because you bought Stealth Suite would be a different product, and a worse one.
When you enable the feature, iOS asks for camera permission in the open, while you are already inside the app. The prompt is not delayed until the lock screen. A lock screen that suddenly asks for the camera would teach the person holding the phone that extra features exist, and it would ask at the worst moment. The shipping app asks when you turn the feature on, never at lock.
After a capture, the image is sealed on the device. It is not uploaded. We do not receive a face. You review, delete, or export entries after unlocking with the real code. Session erase does not empty the vault, and it is not a photo-album cleaner either. Treat the log as its own store. If you panic-wipe, the log goes with the vault and the tabs.
Local law and other people
Photos may depict other people. The person who failed the lock might be a partner, a child, a coworker, or a stranger. You are responsible for using Intruder Photo in line with local law. We cannot give legal advice. We can say the feature is optional, off until enabled, asked in settings, encrypted on device, and never a network upload from us. That is the honesty the product owes. The rest is your jurisdiction and your household.
Do not treat a photo as a substitute for a conversation, and do not treat this browser as a covert camera app. Per-site camera and microphone permissions still exist for websites that request them. That is a different prompt, tied to a page, not to the lock screen. Intruder Photo is not a website permission. It is a Stealth Suite lock-screen option you chose.
The 17+ rating is still about unrestricted web access, not about photography. You are responsible for what you visit and for using the app lawfully, including this feature. If the legal picture in your location is unclear, leave Intruder Photo off. The timestamp log can still tell you that someone tried, without storing a face.
How this sits next to lock, decoy, and forgotten codes
App Lock with a six-digit passcode and Face ID is free. The passcode is never stored. It becomes the key. Forgotten passcodes cannot be recovered. If you forget the real code, data sealed under it is permanently inaccessible, including a break-in log you can no longer open. Face ID, if still enabled, can unlock so you can change the code. Reinstalling starts a new app. It does not restore sealed photos. Read If You Forget the Passcode There Is No Recovery before you depend on a log you might lock yourself out of.
A decoy passcode opens a clean, empty browser. Real tabs stay hidden. There is no sign Stealth Suite exists in the decoy. The decoy is for handing the phone over. The break-in log is for when you did not hand it over and someone tried anyway. They are not the same scene. Icon colors in Stealth Suite recolor the shield: Midnight, Ocean, or Ember. They are not calculator disguises, and they do not hide a camera prompt you already approved in settings.
Self-destruct fires after too many wrong codes. Saved tabs are destroyed, and optionally the vault with them. An intruder who keeps guessing gets an empty browser. You also get an empty browser. The log and photos are not a rewind. Prices for the kit are fixed: monthly $4.99, yearly $19.99 with a 7-day trial, or lifetime $49.99. If a subscription lapses, protections you already enabled keep working and the vault stays accessible.
Honest limits a photo does not cancel
A picture of a failed unlock does not hide your IP. Sites you visit and your network operator can still see it. Tracking protection still blocks known ads, analytics, and social trackers from bundled Disconnect lists that ship in the app and run on the device. No blocker catches everything. Per-site exceptions exist. HTTPS-Only Mode is on by default and asks before falling back to insecure HTTP. None of that is a camera feature.
We do not claim fingerprint spoofing as a product, Tor, a proxy, or IP hiding. Private Browser Incognito is iOS only. There are no accounts. Search suggestions stay off until you ask. Lists are not downloaded at runtime. The network the app makes is still page loads, opt-in search suggestions, downloads you start, and StoreKit. Intruder Photo does not add a telemetry channel for faces.
If you are comparing lock-screen kits, a compact table is more useful than adjectives.
| Control | What it records | Camera |
|---|---|---|
| App Lock | Nothing. Opens or stays closed | None |
| Break-in log | Timestamps on failed unlocks | None unless you add Intruder Photo |
| Intruder Photo | Encrypted on-device capture of who tried | Permission when enabling, never at lock. Off until enabled |
| Panic code | Wipes tabs, vault, and the log | Not a camera. A destroy |
Use the free lock when closed is enough. Turn on timestamps when you want to know that the door was tried. Enable Intruder Photo only after you have thought about other people and local law. Use panic when the record should die with the session. Private Browser Incognito is built so there is nothing to trust us with: we never receive the photo. The person on the glass is your responsibility. The network behind the browser is still visible to sites, and we do not pretend a shutter changes that.
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Frequently asked questions
What are break-in alerts in a private browser?
Break-in alerts are a Stealth Suite log of failed unlocks. Wrong passcodes and failed Face ID attempts at the lock screen get a timestamp. You review the log after you unlock with the real code. The log is on the device. It is not a cloud dashboard and it is not sent to us. There are no accounts and no app server for browsing.
Does Intruder Photo turn on by itself?
No. Intruder Photo is off until you enable it. The break-in log can record timestamps without a camera. The optional photo uses the front camera to capture who tried, then encrypts the image on the device. If you never turn the feature on, the camera is not part of a failed unlock.
When does the app ask for camera permission?
Camera permission is asked when you enable Intruder Photo, never at the lock screen. The prompt belongs in settings, in the open, while you are already unlocked. A lock screen that suddenly asks for the camera would teach the person holding the phone that extra features exist. The shipping product does not do that.
Are intruder photos uploaded or shared?
No. Photos are encrypted on the device. We never see them. The App Store privacy label reads Data Not Collected. There is no analytics SDK and no third-party SDK waiting to receive a face. You are still responsible for local law, because the photo may depict other people who handled the phone.
Is Intruder Photo part of the free App Lock?
No. App Lock with a six-digit passcode and Face ID is free. Break-in alerts and optional Intruder Photo are Stealth Suite, optional Apple IAP: monthly $4.99, yearly $19.99 with a 7-day trial, or lifetime $49.99. If a subscription lapses, protections you already enabled keep working.