If you ever need truly private photos on Android, this is the camera app to use

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Smartphone makers are so busy chasing megapixels and zoom multipliers that they’ve lost sight of an important camera-related consideration: user security. While the push for crisper pixels has given us some brilliant technology and, as a result, incredible shots, we’ve been devoid of new privacy and security-related features in recent years.What if I wanted to snap a shot of something sensitive, important, private, or laced with data that I don’t want accidentally uploaded to a server somewhere? This is where OEM camera apps fall short. I’ve done some digging, and no default camera app, not from Google, Samsung, or others, currently has a mode that allows me to hide such data immediately and securely. Yes, Private Space and Secure Folder are options to lock down data after capture, but they require me to move content into them rather than silo data within them immediately.