Ice4fun 78396 Report post Posted February 10, 2014 I am a die hard BlackBerry user and I recently downloaded a new App that I think is great for this Hobby/Business. The App is called "Hide SMS" and while it is for BlackBerry 10 phones I am sure there are similar Apps for other popular phones. Bottom line the App redirects incoming text messages from identified contacts or phone numbers into a password protected area on your phone and not into your regular text message location. This allows clients to securely text back and forth with SP's with no indication of the text trail in their regular text listing. If your spouse checks your phone you are all clear. It also would allow SP'S to flag the number of regular clients so that the record of their conversations were secure in case the phone is ever lost of stolen. I have only been playing with the app since yesterday but it looks very promising. 16 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
50 Shades Raven 31380 Report post Posted February 10, 2014 What a fab app that would be! Gives discretion reassurance for those gentlemen hesitant to give a cell number. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest D***el B***e Report post Posted February 10, 2014 I want one! I already use photovault to keep personal pics sent by providers to me in a password-protected area ... now I need an app for the entire sms or txt thread. Great find Ice4fun! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ice4fun 78396 Report post Posted February 10, 2014 I want one! I already use photovault to keep personal pics sent by providers to me in a password-protected area ... now I need an app for the entire sms or txt thread. Great find Ice4fun! Thanks If anyone finds a Android or Apple App that is similar I would love to hear about it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roamingguy 300292 Report post Posted February 10, 2014 Thanks If anyone finds a Android or Apple App that is similar I would love to hear about it. Google is your friend Here is one sounds similar for Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keepsafe.sms&hl=en and for Apple https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/coverme-private-texting-secure/id593652484?mt=8 I don't have either, as the sole user of my phone (joys of being single :-) ) don't need it but just did a quick Google search. Maybe someone can review and recommend (or not) RG 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cowboy kenny 50799 Report post Posted February 10, 2014 Thanks If anyone finds a Android or Apple App that is similar I would love to hear about it. I use the same app on one of my android devices, it's very easy to set up and does what it claims, the link to which was provided earlier in the thread. While we're here though, does that blackberry of yours come with smaller more discrete text size ? 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ice4fun 78396 Report post Posted February 10, 2014 I use the same app on one of my android devices, it's very easy to set up and does what it claims, the link to which was provided earlier in the thread. While we're here though, does that blackberry of yours come with smaller more discrete text size ? Yes the BlackBerry has a wide range of font sizes... my eyes however are not nearly as well equipped... but note taken I will try slightly smaller. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cowboy kenny 50799 Report post Posted February 10, 2014 In your screen options you can increase your font size on your device, as well using swiping the screen outward from your thumb to zoom in on your screen will help make smaller fonts legible to you while not impacting the size of the fonts when you post! :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ice4fun 78396 Report post Posted February 11, 2014 Just A quick update on The Hide SMS BlackBerry App... Only SMS messages get hidden any text messages with pictures attached do not App has to be left open and running to work... would be better if it ran in background i.e. Headless The App appears on your screen with the name Hide SMS visible which is not great if you are trying to hide things It should be noted that while the App name is visible you can set it up with the ability to access it using a second fake password that opens what appears to be the app with no hidden texts in it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qwertyaccount 15793 Report post Posted February 12, 2014 Having an app on your device called "Hide SMS" is telling in itself and a suspicious SO wouldn't need to read the messages to know that something is up. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ice4fun 78396 Report post Posted March 29, 2014 As a married hobbist I have no interest in being caught but I want to keep contact information on the wonderful ladies I meet. As a result I am always looking for options to hide my text and provide me with a private contact list. While I have not yet found one app that meets all my needs I have found a couple that has assured me the discretion I am looking for. As noted in my 1st post in this thread I use a BlackBerry Z30 phone. SMS Blocking / Hiding The current app I am using which is working great is called SMS Blocker Pro this app allows you to block all SMS, specific SMS or SMS from numbers not in your contact list. I have set mine to block all incoming SMS except specific contacts I have placed on the allowed list. This mean everyone except family and friends goes directly into the hidden listing within the app and do not show up in the normal SMS listing. So if my wife looks at the texts on my phone she sees any from family and friends but none from my SP friends. The SMS blocker pro app is password protected so she can't access and if she were to ask I would say downloaded to screen out spam text. Private Contacts To address my need to retain contact info for my SP friends I am using an App called Max Contact Manager this App does two main things for me Creates and maintains a copy of my regular phone contact on the SD card in the phone. This means if my phone crashes i have a complete backup of my contact list. On its own this is a great option and it also provides a great cover as to why you have the app at all. Secondly the App allows you to save "sensitive or private" contacts to your regular phone contact list and then export them to the Apps private contact list which is accessible only through the app with a password. The real beauty of this app is you can move the contact back and forth between your regular and private lists and it retains all of the info including things like birthdays, notes, social media info, webpages and pictures etc. So all of the information is safely saved and easily accessible with greatly reduced risk. The combination of the 2 Apps is the best solution I have found todate..... it would be great to have one app that did it all but this works Just my opinion. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ice4fun 78396 Report post Posted November 8, 2014 Some of the new social messaging platforms are offering interesting options for communication in the new legal world... for example the latest version of BlackBerry Messenger offers the option of timed messages that the reader can only see for a predetermined amount of time... with the already good security of BBM this added feature would be an excellent way for a more explicit conversation with no real record of it existing... with BBM now available on all phone platforms I would love to see more ladies use it. Just my Opinion 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bcguy42 38594 Report post Posted November 9, 2014 I uses KeepSMS on my Android device (Samsung). All the txts are kept in under pass code. The only drawback is that when I received a text from one of the numbers inside KeepSMS I don't get the normal indicator that there is a text. An icon appears at the top of the screen. OK, I guess under certain circumstances that's a benefit. But if I am having a text convo I need to keep opening that icon. The replies don't show up when I'm in the app. Small price to pay and really doesn't take much longer than doing a regular text exchange. If you want the regular notifications during a convo, you can move the convo out of KeepSMS for the duration of the convo and move it back when you are done. Just remember to move it! And if you've done that, be sure to clear your phone log as the sending of the clear texts registers there. There is no register if you keep the convo within KeepSMS. I periodically go through and delete all the convos within KeepSMS just incase I'm ever asked what's in there. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
