Media Den – Photo/video app with client-side encryption and your cloud

Name: Media Den – Photo/video app with client-side encryption and your cloud
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Author: ryanisnan

by ryanisnan·Apr 5, 2026·3 points·0 comments

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AI Analysis

●●SolidCozySolve My Problem

Your own S3 bucket with client-side encryption beats yet another cloud vault.

Strengths

•Zero-telemetry design with no third-party SDKs phoning home
•Metadata stripping at import removes GPS coordinates and device details
•Direct-to-storage architecture means no Media Den server in the loop

Weaknesses

•iOS only; no Android or desktop companion for accessing stored files
•Photo vault category is crowded, though BYO-cloud is a differentiator

Post Description

I got tired of not having a good solution for storing pics/vids on my iPhone, that weren't a part of the regular Photos ecosystem.

Existing options are built for the mass-market, but I wanted to be able to control where I stored my data, and I wanted to ensure that I was using client-side encryption.

So I built one, would love some feedback. If you're interested in trying it out (free for my first users if you don't mind giving me some feedback), hit me up.

First round of features are:

- Configure your own storage backend that _you_ control (S3, GDrive, iCloud) - Client-side encryption (AES-256-GCM with PBKDF2) - Pin, auto-locking, metadata stripping, blur-when-in-background, delete-on-import - Zero telemetry, zero tracking, zero outbound connectivity except to talk to your configured storage system

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