Prioritize your immediate safety. A vault feature cannot guarantee that another person will stop demanding access, and destructive controls can cause irreversible loss.
Do not turn an emergency into a product test
If a person is pressuring you, a new app, changed access or unexpected deletion may affect their behavior. Technical instructions cannot predict that response. Where possible, use a safer device to seek help appropriate to your circumstances. The Safety Net technology-safety plan explains why the timing of device and access changes matters.
Understand the controls while it is safe to prepare
| Control | What to distinguish |
|---|---|
| An ordinary decoy | Opens a selected separate space; it is not automatically a destructive action |
| A configured duress vault | Can remove access to other local vaults when opened |
| A local wipe | Does not retrieve copies already exported or erase every remote backup |
| A recovery phrase | Requires the relevant surviving data and recovery process |
Do not use irreplaceable material to rehearse emergency behavior. If documents may be needed later, consider their preservation before enabling a destructive control.
NullVault's limits remain part of the decision
NullVault documents decoy vaults, duress behavior and panic wipe separately. Opening one pattern without a master vault list changes the normal interface; it does not promise that hidden content is undetectable or that an observer will believe an explanation.
Read the security limitations before relying on these features. A product comparison is not a personal safety plan, and an installed vault cannot repair a device another person already controls.