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Secure Messages are text only, thus no attachments are provided. Maximum length of a Secure Message is 160 characters.
How does a Secure Message work?
When a user chooses to send a Secure Message, it triggers an HTTPS POST request in his client towards
which plays a "store-and-forward" role. If recipient is online, Secure Message is immediately delivered. Otherwise it is stored temporarily in
up to 3 days before expiring: as soon as the recipient pops up online,
delivers the Secure Message.
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As stated before, Secure Messages are also available from "Contacts" view which is probably the best way to start a conversation via text messages. Obviously first thing it to reach the contact you want to write to. Please refer to Secure calling.
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| SubtitleText | New Secure Message from contact's details (iPhone) |
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Once you reached the specific number of your peer contact, then you can open his contact's history by pressing the "info" icon in Android and iPhone or just pressing the central button on the keyboard in BlackBerry (please check | Xref |
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You'll get exactly the same view shown in History (detailed event view).
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So you can now type your message, just as in
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.
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Receiving Secure
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Messages
Obviously a Secure Message can be received as it can be sent. In this case a specific notification is raised by
using system's notifications.
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As shown above each platform shows the event notification differently, according to the underlying operating system behaviour.
Secure Messages compared to
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regular Text Messages (SMS)
Secure Messages provide a user experience very similar to SMS, adding security and with some minor differences. Some current constraints will be relaxed in next versions.
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