It's possible to protect access to PrivateWave by setting a 4 digit long PIN number. PIN number protect any access to your client (and thus to your communication data) except when answering to a Secure Call.
Even if you can answer without typing any PIN of sort, all the Advanced telephony features that involve access to your contact list would be blocked until you insert your PIN.
By default you'd asked to insert PIN if you didn't use the client for 10 minutes. You have 5 attempts to insert your correct PIN number. If you failed all of them your PrivateWave would be blocked for one minute, in order to prevent malicious unlock attempts.
All above values are default ones, meaning that your Service Operator can change and apply them to your client via Automatic Activation message. Please check your PIN default values with your Service Operator.
Turn on PIN protection
PIN is enabled either by Automatic Activation or by explicit setup.
Please note that if you upgraded an older PrivateWave , that has been already configured, then PIN would be NOT enabled by default and thus it's required that you specifically turn it on.
You can invite a contact from your phone book to use PrivateWave . The contact will receive a text message with a link, inviting him to install the software.
BlackBerry
From the main screen select "Invite others". Select a contact: invitation message is being sent
| Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Select Invite others | Select a contact | Sending SMS |
iPhone
Tap the Invite icon (bottom left corner) and select a contact. Confirm sending the invitation
| Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Tap invite icon | Select a contact | Send SMS |
Android
From the main screen open the option menu and tap"Invite others". Select the contact tab and tap on a contact: invitation message is being sent. You can also enter manually the phone number using the dial-pad
| Step 1 | Step 2 |
|---|---|
| Select Invite others | Select contact |
Change PIN
The invited contact needs only to click on the link in the message. If his mobile device is compatible the installation process will start. To accept an invitation to install PrivateWave , tap on the link and the installation will be launched.
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figure 1. BlackBerry
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figure 3. Android
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The "Invite others" option is available only for the Professional version, in order to allow users to build a contact network to make secure calls.