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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 tab from the tab bar, tap on the contact you want to call and select the contact number associated with
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As you can see in
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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 dialpad
You can make a secure call to any arbitrary number (presuming that the call peer has
connected) from
menu by simply entering the number with the on-screen keypad and pressing the dial (green) button.
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To receive a secure call has to be running and be connected to the Internet. |
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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 on 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
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| Image Modified | Yellow light | Key exchange | Connection established: encryption keys are being exchanged. |
Image Modified | Green light | Secure call established | Connection established and secure. You can now speak securely |
Inviting your contacts
Using your address book you can invite your contacts to join
. Tap on more button in the bottom right corner and select invite others choose the contact that you want to invite. The application will create a text message and after your confirmation will send it to the selected phone number. The receiver will only have to open the link contained in the SMS to install and use
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History
Every event performed or received on your
is listed into the "History" tab, which can be displayed by pressing "
Recent" icon on the tab bar.
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Sending Secure Messages from "Messages" view is very easy and straight forward.
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- If the conversation already exist in "Messages" view, then just tap on its entry to pop-up composer and write your Secure Message (as in
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). - If you want to start a new chat by Secure Messages, then just tap the icon highlighted on the top right side of . Contact list will pop-up, tap on contact to whom you want to send Secure Message and composer will popup (as in
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) and now you are ready to write your secure message. - It is also possible to insert a phone number, composer will popup
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and now you are ready to write your secure message.
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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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