Quick Start Guide for BlackBerry
This guide provides you easy step-by-step instructions to help you get started with
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Secure calls with
Calling with
is a very easy task. You can both use your
contact list or directly dial a number using the
dialpad.
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To make a secure call, you and the called party must have software running on the mobile device, be connected to the Internet and to the same . |
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Select
Contacts item from the main view, select on the contact you want to call and select the contact number associated with
, then press the "Call" button:
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each contact can show a coloured ball at its left, or nothing at all. These are status marker and they represent the
Presence Status for each contact.
Presence
The Presence avoid users to call contacts who are not reachable, eg: because they do not have
activated and/or connected. The main value of this feature is to improve user experience suggesting the possible outcome of a call.
gives you access to three different kind of lists:
- ALL: it lists all the contacts which are in the mobile address book, ordering them in the very same way.
- KNOWN: it shows only known contacts (registered or not) according to 's knowledge. This means it is a list of the contacts that are recognised by the server and thus can have a status.
- FAVOURITES: it reads the contacts marked by you as " favorites". It's a selection of contacts you choose to have apart, in order to make speed calls.
Each list may show a Contact status beside each contact. The contact status legenda is shown below:
 | Online | The contact is reachable. You can make a secure call to the user. |
 | Offline | The contact is not reachable, because is not under network coverage or is offline. You can try to make a secure call but the call will likely fail |
 | Error | There is a comunication error between your phone and the server. The contact status is unknown, anyway you can try to make a secure call |
Calling by keyboard
You can make a secure call to any arbitrary number (presuming that the call peer has
connected) by simply entering the number on
main menu and pressing the dial button.
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| SubtitleText | you can dial any number |
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Receiving a secure call with
Once
is installed and all the settings are correctly configured on your device, you are able to receive a secure call.
displays a screen when an incoming secure call is arrives to your phone. Press the
Accept (green) button to allow the connection. After the system have exchanged and verified the security keys the you can start the conversation.
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To receive a secure call has to be running and be connected to the Internet. |
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| SubtitleText | call secured and in progress |
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Checking your security
A
phone call
is always encrypted. To check that nobody is intercepting the call, you must verify the security verification words with you remote party. After the call has been connected
displays the same two security verification words at the bottom of the screen to both parties. If both of you and your contact see the same
security verification words then the call is secure. The security verification words are
different each time you make or receive a secure call. If the words are not the same hang up the call immediately as this may be a sign of a security attack.
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Call status
To establish a call
completes three phases shown by three icons:
Call status icons
| Red light | Starting the connection | Connection not yet established. This step may take several seconds |
| Yellow light | Key exchange | Connection established: encryption keys are being exchanged. |
| Green light | Secure call established | Connection established and secure. You can now speak securely |
Using your address book, you can invite your contacts to join
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| SubtitleText | Select "Invite others" |
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| SubtitleText | choose from your address book |
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Open
main menu (
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) select “
Invite others” and choose the contacts to whom you want to make secure calls (
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) . They will receive a
text message including the
installation link so they can also install
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History
Every event performed or received on your
is listed into the "History" view, which can be displayed by selecting "
Recent" item in the Main view.
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Events are displayed grouped on the account they are related to. So you'll have one line for each account who left a communication event into your "History".
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You can access event's details by selecting the line you're interested into and pressing the central key (
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Secure Messages
You can communicate with your peers by text messages using the Secure Messages System which provides Secure Messages. A Secure Message is a text message that travels into the same encrypted architecture of the Secure Call.
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The maximum length of a single message is 160 character |
Secure Messages rely on the very same security infrastructure the voice calls do. Plus for security each Secure Message is blanked 15 minutes after it's been read or sent.
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Secure Message System need specific abilitation. If the service is not available on your device please contact your support team to check it's enabled on your account. |
Sending Secure Messages from "History" tab
Secure Messages are available via "History" view, specifically from the detailed view:
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| SubtitleText | type a new Secure Message |
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| SubtitleText | "enter" keyboard button |
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As you can see in
: you can type Secure Messages and send them to your party by pressing enter button (cfr.
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Secure Messages are also available from "Contacts" tab.
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You have to select an account from the list shown in
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and show its details by clicking on the blue icon displayed on its right side.
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| SubtitleText | Contact's communication view |
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Once you select the desired phone number of the account you want to send Secure Messages to, then you get the view shown in
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from where you can type your message.
Secure Messages status icons and known limitations
Each Secure Message is displayed with an icon showing its status. Most important icons are:
There are few known limitations in the current Secure Message System:
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Actually it's not possible to use Secure Messages in order to chat with multiple people (ie it's not possible to create chat rooms). |
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Please note that the body of each Secure Message you send or receive will be deleted after 15 minutes you read or wrote it. |