Every file you share carries a story you didn't write.
Photos embed GPS coordinates, device fingerprints, and encoder signatures. Videos carry GPS tracks, audio trails, and codec identifiers. That's forensic data — already there, in files you've taken, sent, and stored.
What's already in your files
What sits inside ordinary photos and videos. Cards marked “See the real case” come from our own files.
GPS → Kundasang, Sabah, Malaysia
Taken 2026/04/26 06:04:12 +08:00
Straight off the phone, one photo gave away the place, the time to the second and the time zone. Read the pin as “near here”: phone GPS is often accurate only to tens or hundreds of metres.
See the real caseAndroid: SIM network country + time
iPhone: exact phone and lens
Neither copy carried a location, yet each gave something away. Collected across the photos someone shares over time, details like these narrow down who, when and where.
See the real caseGPS time mismatch: 10,823 s
Authenticity A → B
We moved the capture time three hours in a copy. The satellite time the phone saved with the location stayed put, so the two clocks no longer agreed in Melbourne’s time zone.
See the real caseGPS track: 1,847 coordinate pairs
→ 1 location logged per 2 seconds
The full movement path during recording is embedded frame by frame — every pause, every turn, the full route from start to end of the clip.
Make, model, lens, date: gone
Encoder: FFmpeg (desktop software)
One trim with a free video tool removed the phone, the lens and the moment recording began, and named the software that wrote the copy. Re-encoding isn’t faking, but it’s no longer the file that came off the phone.
See the real caseBackground signatures: 3 detected
→ Environment identifiable
Background acoustic signatures identify the recording environment. Speech harmonics outside the primary track indicate other voices were present during recording.
A photo captures everyone in frame — not just the intended subject. The people visible in the background of this shared photo had no knowledge they were being photographed, let alone shared publicly.
Every report includes an AI verdict built from Content Credentials, AI declarations in the file's own metadata, known generator watermarks and a trained pixel analysis that can still catch many AI images after labels are stripped, most from older AI tools and fewer from the newest. It reads A only with signed proof of a camera capture and D when there is AI evidence — what the evidence supports, not just what's missing.
See the real case
Video captures context that a still image cannot — a screen glimpsed in a reflection, a notification visible in the background, private text readable for a single frame. What was incidental to the person recording was entirely private to someone else.
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snapWONDERS Vaultify
Vaultify was built for this.
Hide any file inside an ordinary photo or video — encrypted and invisible. What gets shared is what you choose to share. Nothing more.
What snapWONDERS does
Forensically analyse your photos and videos, hide and reveal files with Vaultify, and convert media between formats — all free, no account required.
Forensic Photo Analysis
90+ forensic checks — GPS location, device fingerprint, DQT encoder signature, Error Level Analysis, hidden metadata, steganography detection, AI image generation detection, face authenticity checks (face-swap detection), and copyright markers. Supports JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, GIF, RAW, and 20+ formats.
Analyse a photoForensic Video Analysis
Encoder fingerprints, audio forensics, GPS tracks, codec anomalies, inter-frame tampering, AI video generation detection, DRM markers, and container integrity across MP4, MKV, WebM, AVI, MOV, and all major formats.
Analyse a videoHide & Conceal Media
Lock any file inside a regular photo or video — AES-256 encrypted, invisible to anyone without the password and the Vaultify Reveal tool. Photos, videos, audio, documents, archives.
Start concealingReveal & Unlock Media
Upload the carrier photo or video and enter your password — Vaultify decrypts and extracts everything hidden inside. Nothing is released without the correct password.
Start revealingMedia Conversion
Convert and resize photos across 200+ image formats and videos across 350+ video formats. Batch conversion, quality control, and size optimisation — all free, no account required.
Convert mediaMulti-Network Access
snapWONDERS and Vaultify run natively on clearnet, Tor (.onion), and I2P simultaneously — the same forensic analysis and steganography tools with no cross-network leaks.
Any Media, Any Format
Forensic analysis across 20+ photo formats and all major video containers. Steganography for photos and videos. Conversion across 200+ image and 350+ video formats.
No Account Needed
Analyse, hide, reveal, and convert immediately — no registration required. Create a free account to track your jobs and revisit past results any time.
Darknet-Native
Access everything anonymously over Tor or I2P — the same forensic analysis and steganography tools, with no clearnet fallback or leakage. First-class darknet support.
A snapWONDERS Product
Vaultify runs under the snapWONDERS platform, developed by goldenSoftwareENGINEERS® — focused on privacy-respecting digital media tools since 2014.
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is Coming to Mobile
Hide and reveal files on the go — same AES-256 encryption, right from your iOS or Android device.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is snapWONDERS?
snapWONDERS is a free forensic and privacy platform for photos and videos, with three tools. Analyse runs 90+ forensic checks in six areas: privacy (GPS location, device, owner and dates), origin (whether the file came straight from a camera or phone), manipulation (signs of editing, with evidence maps that show where to look), AI detection, hidden content (data or files hidden inside), and file structure. Each file gets two grades from A to F: Authenticity and Exposure. Convert changes a file to another format. Vaultify hides your files inside a normal photo or video, locked with AES-256 encryption.
What does forensic analysis find in photos and videos?
snapWONDERS runs 90+ forensic checks. They look for GPS location, the device that made the file, dates, signs of editing, hidden data, and signs that AI made the file. Evidence maps show where a check found something. A map is evidence, not a verdict. The AI checks read Content Credentials, AI labels in the file's own metadata and known generator watermarks. A trained pixel analysis can still catch many AI images after labels are stripped, most from older AI tools and fewer from the newest. Each file gets two grades from A to F: Authenticity and Exposure.
What is Vaultify?
Vaultify is the snapWONDERS tool for hiding files. It hides any file inside a normal photo or video and locks it with AES-256 encryption. The photo or video still looks and works as normal. Only a person with the right password can get the hidden file back, using Vaultify Reveal.
Does snapWONDERS work on Tor and I2P?
Yes. Analyse, Convert and Vaultify all work on the normal web, on Tor (.onion) and on I2P. The tools are the same on all three. The Tor and I2P addresses are in the footer.
Is it free to use?
Yes. All tools are free and you do not need an account. A free account lets you keep track of your jobs and open your results again until they expire.
How does Vaultify protect hidden content?
Vaultify locks your files with AES-256 encryption before it hides them. The key is made from your password with Argon2id, which makes guessing the password very slow. Your files are permanently deleted when your link expires. You choose how long that is.
