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What Private.Ki is
- What is Private.Ki? WiA
- How encryption works, in plain words WiA
- Why some security measures can't be turned off WiA
Install & requirements
Basics
Account & sign-in
Create your account
- Create your account WiA
- Why sign-up asks you to solve a challenge WiA
- Password only or passphrase — choose how you unlock WiA
- The setup checklist: pair your phone, 2FA, recovery WiA
Signing in
- Sign in with username and password WiA
- Sign in with an email code (OTP) WiA
- Sign in on a new device with a QR code WiA
- Can't sign in? Common problems and fixes WiA
Unlocking & devices
- Pair a second device with "Show a code" WiA
- PIN, Face ID and fingerprint unlock in the apps WiA
- Lock the app or log out — what each one does WiA
- Active sessions: see and revoke your devices WiA
Two-factor authentication
Passwords & recovery
- Set a recovery email address WiA
- Reset a forgotten password WiA
- Change your password WiA
- Does Private.Ki store my password? WiA
Profile & preferences
Account status
Compose & send
- Compose and send an email WiA
- Cc and Bcc WiA
- Attachments: up to 10 files of 25 MB each WiA
- Attach your public key to an email WiA
- Formatting, rich text and inline images WiA
- Recipient suggestions and how to clear them WiA
- Drafts: autosave, edit, delete WiA
- Undo send (5–30 seconds) WiA
- Email signatures WiA
- Reply, reply all and forward WiA
- Work in several composer windows WiA
Inbox & folders
- Folders: Inbox, Sent, Drafts, Archive, Trash WiA
- Delete emails and restore from Trash WiA
- Star messages and mark read or unread WiA
- Search your mail (subject and people — never the body) WiA
- Swipe actions and bulk selection on your phone WiA
- Drag emails between folders WiA
Reading & security
- What the lock and shield icons mean WiA
- Import a public key that arrived in an email WiA
- View headers and the original message WiA
Privacy & external content
- External images: blocked by default WiA
- Tracking pixels and tracking protection WiA
- External links in emails WiA
Delivery & spam
Chat & groups
Chats
Invitations
Groups
Messages
- Self-destructing messages (After sent: 30 s to 1 month) WiA
- Unsend or destroy a message (within 1 hour) WiA
- Reactions and emoji WiA
- Voice messages WiA
- Delivery ticks, typing indicator — and no read receipts WiA
Safety
Encryption & keys
How it works
- What is encrypted, and where WiA
- Double-layer encryption for incoming external email WiA
- What is OPAQUE? WiA
Passphrase
- Your passphrase — and why we cannot reset it WiA
- Protect your passphrase WiA
- Change your passphrase WiA
Keys
- How to use PGP on Private.Ki WiA
- Key management: your keys and imported keys WiA
- Export or share your public key WiA
- Import someone's public key WiA
Encrypted email & signatures
Privacy & transparency
Security
Transparency
- Warrant canary WiA
- Transparency report: requests for user data WiA
- Third-party services we use and what they see WiA
- How Private.Ki uses AI WiA
Compliance & policies
Connectivity & troubleshooting
Network
- Use Private.Ki over Tor WiA
- Use Private.Ki with a VPN WiA
- Offline, reconnecting and the 30-minute auto-lock WiA
Apps & devices
Contact & support
Contact
- Contact support WiA