Evidence quality

This page covers why documentation from this app holds up: timestamps, GPS, fingerprints, and the locks that keep the record intact.

What "bulletproof" means here

Every capture you take carries proof baked in:

• An exact timestamp. The date and time of capture stamp onto every photo, video, and audio note. You see it live on the camera overlay and later in the viewer footer.
• GPS location. When your team turns GPS tagging on, every item carries where it was taken. You will see "GPS on" on the camera screen when it is active.
• A SHA-256 fingerprint. Every file gets a tamper-proof fingerprint computed from its contents. If even one pixel changed, the fingerprint would not match. You can see it on any item's Details screen.
• Watermark text on review copies. If your office enables watermarks, the timestamp, your name, the room, and the assignment are burned into the bottom of the preview copies people review. The original master file always stays clean.

The original is never touched

The app edits nothing. Watermarks and overlays go on copies made for review. The original file is stored exactly as the camera produced it, and its fingerprint proves it.

Nothing leaves your phone marked as evidence until the server confirms it is stored and verified. The app says it outright: "Nothing is deleted from this device until it is safely stored and verified by the server."

The lock after submission

When you submit, the media locks read-only. No edits, no deletes, no regrouping, from any phone. Rooms and groups containing submitted media lock with it. From that moment, the record is frozen exactly as captured. That is what makes it defensible.

What your office sees

For every item, reviewers in the web console see:

• The exact capture date and time.
• A location link, when GPS was on.
• The device that captured it.
• Whether a watermark applies to the review copies.

Location, in plain terms

• The app asks for your location only while you are using it, and only when your team has GPS tagging turned on.
• If your team does not use GPS, the app never asks for location at all.
• A missing GPS fix never stops you from shooting. If the phone cannot get a position quickly, the capture saves anyway and the location is simply absent. Evidence first, always.

If someone questions the chain of custody

Here is the short version you can give:

1. The file was captured in the app and fingerprinted on the phone at capture time.
2. It uploaded unchanged, and the server verified the fingerprint on arrival.
3. It locked read-only at submission, so nothing about it has changed since.

The timestamp, the GPS fix, the fingerprint, and the lock together answer "when, where, and has it been altered" without you saying a word.

TIP

You do not need to do anything special to get this protection. Capture normally. The evidence handling is automatic.