Frequently asked questions about modAmi and phone scams

Trust neither the number on the screen, nor the voice, nor the first name: all three can be faked. Ask for his two modAmi words without saying yours; if they are on your screen, it is him. If not, give nothing, hang up and call back his saved number.

Do not reply in writing and do not save the new number. Call your child on the usual number: if they answer, the message was a scam. A real change of number is checked in one minute by voice, or with the two modAmi words.

You cannot tell by ear: three seconds of recording are enough, and the excuse “I had an accident” covers the flaws. The only reliable check does not go through the voice: two words renewed every ten minutes, that only the real caller can read on their phone.

Yes. Number spoofing makes your phone show the name from your address book; Arcep, the French telecoms regulator, received 19,000 reports of it in 2025. An incoming call proves nothing, even with the right name. The proof is a call you make yourself to the saved number, or the two words.

It is the advice of the FBI and the FTC, and it is better than nothing. But a fixed word gets forgotten, gets said once too often and never changes. modAmi does the same thing with nothing to remember: two words derived from a shared secret, renewed every ten minutes.

Not yet. modAmi works on iPhone and iPad, with iOS 17.6 or later, and both people need it. An Android version is in development. In the meantime, if your relative has an iPad, that works: adding is done side by side, screens facing each other, and the words show there too.

Yes. Both people have the app, and a relationship set up between them, so they see the same words at the same time. That's what makes the words impossible to guess from outside.

Yes. The words are computed on each phone from the time: distance and time zones change nothing. You can set up the relationship remotely, with a link, and with PROTECT choose the language of each contact's words.

1. In modAmi, tap "+" then "They are far from me".
2. The app prepares a message with a link. Send it by SMS, WhatsApp or e-mail.
3. Your loved one opens the link: modAmi installs, or opens if they already have it.
4. They accept the relationship. The shared words are computed on each side.
5. In the free mode the relationship is active after 24 h; immediately with PROTECT.

Side by side remains the simplest way: next time you meet, do the two-screens-face-to-face gesture again, and the relationship will be the same.

Yes. You choose freely which contacts you protect: two in the free mode, unlimited with PROTECT.

The caller speaks first and reads their two words. You see three words on your screen. If both words you heard are in your list, it really is them. The third word absorbs a clock difference between the two phones. The words change every ten minutes.

No. The words are computed on the phone, without any network. Only the device's time matters, and the carrier sets it automatically.

Do not continue the conversation and do not act on the request. A refused or incorrect verification is reason enough to stop, hang up and call back on the number you know. What to do, step by step.

That is exactly why verification requires no analysis: either both words are on your screen, or they are not. Nobody has to judge a voice or a story in a hurry.

No. They are generated automatically, change every ten minutes and are never reused. Someone who overheard the words of a call can do nothing with them ten minutes later.

On your phone, in the Apple keychain, encrypted. It can also be included in an iCloud backup, manual or automatic, protected by a password you choose. modAmi has no server.

If a backup exists, you import your relationships again when reinstalling the app. Without a backup, you set the relationships up again with your loved ones. With PROTECT, backup is automatic.

Yes. Your relationships come back on the new iPhone from the backup. A second device, an iPad for instance, can also serve as a backup device.

Yes, at any time in Settings. A forgotten password cannot be recovered: nobody but you knows it.

Only if you allow it, to find a name and a number when you add a contact. Nothing leaves it, nothing is sent.

French, English, German, Spanish and Italian, with common words that are easy to say on the phone. With PROTECT, each contact can have their own language.

The list of what happened in the app: relationships created, verifications done, backups. It helps you find a specific event. It does not watch your loved ones and never leaves your phone.

Not if you have a backup: the app comes back exactly as it was. The activity log itself is never erased by a reset made from the app.

Yes, it is the same app, on iPad with iPadOS 17.6 or later. Adding a loved one is done side by side, screens facing each other: one shows a QR code, the other reads it, no text message needed, and the iPad then shows the two words just like an iPhone. The only limit: an iPad on its own does not receive text messages, so your number will not be verified on it. If you also have an iPhone on the same Apple account, do the verification there: with iCloud turned on, the iPad picks up everything.

No. With the same Apple account and iCloud turned on on both, your trusted contacts and their words appear on the iPhone and on the iPad within seconds, nothing to re-enter. Only the settings stay specific to each device: appearance, language, delays. And if you lose the iPhone, the iPad keeps everything.

That works, as long as you can meet once. Adding is done side by side, screens facing each other, with the QR code, no text message needed. They give the number they can be reached on, the landline for instance, and during the call they read their two words on the iPad; you check that they are on your screen. The only limit: without an iPhone, their number cannot be verified by text message.

Not yet. An Android version is in development. Today, modAmi needs an iPhone on each side, yours and your relative's, with iOS 17.6 or later. Leave us your address on the home page: we will let you know on release day, for iPhone as for Android.

The app keeps working, in Essential mode: two protected contacts, a 24-hour delay for a new contact, manual backup. If you had more than two contacts, you choose which ones to keep. No data is deleted, nothing is charged.

€24.99 once, or €9.99 per year. Details are on the pricing page. Payment through Apple; the prices shown in the App Store prevail.

Filters find a specific event in the log. Statistics give an overview of your own usage, without watching anything on your loved ones' side.

Sébastien Secrecy, an independent developer in France. The app does not analyse the voice, does not block calls, listens to nothing and sends nothing to a server: there is none. It is sold once or by subscription, with no advertising and no resale of data. Who makes modAmi, and how