This guide provides you easy step-by-step instructions to help you get started with .
Calling with is a very easy task. You can both use your contact list or directly dial a number using the dialpad.
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 . |
Select Contacts tab from the tab bar, tap on the contact you want to call and select the contact number associated with .
As you can see in 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.
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:
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 |
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.
Once is installed and all the settings are correctly configured on your device you are able to receive a secure call. When a secure call arrives to your device a notification bar will be shown on the top of the screen. Tap on the notification to bring the application in foreground, then answer or decline the call from the application. After the system have exchanged and verified the security keys the you can start the conversation.
To receive a secure call has to be running and be connected to the Internet. |
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..
To establish a call completes three phases shown by three 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 . Tap on invite button in the bottom left corner of the virtual keypad and choose the contact to 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 .
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.
Each event has a detail icon (the blue circle around "i" character).
By clicking on this icon you have access to event's details (cfr ).
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.
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.
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. |
Secure Messages are available via "Recent" tab, going into the detailed view: .
Using interface shown in you can type text messages and send them to your party by pressing the "Send" button (the one on the right side of the text box in ).
Secure Messages are also available from "Contacts" tab.
You have to select an account from the list shown in and show its details by clicking on the blue icon displayed on its right side.
Once you select the desired phone number of the account you want to send Secure Messages to, then you get the view shown in from where you can type your message.
Each Secure Message is displayed with an icon showing its status. Most important icons are:
Icon | Meaning |
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Sending Message | |
Message Delivered | |
Error sending Message |
There are few known limitations in the current Secure Message System:
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). |
Please note that the body of each Secure Message you send or receive will be deleted after 15 minutes you read or wrote it. |