Guides
Step by step, with screenshots of the app. Start with the guide for your phone.
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CryptoPad on iPhone: your first key, contact and message
This guide takes you from a freshly installed app to your first encrypted message and back: make your own key, give its public part to someone, add their public key as a contact, encrypt a message for them and decrypt one sent to you. It takes about five minutes.
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CryptoPad on Android: your first key, contact and message
This guide takes you from a freshly installed app to your first encrypted message and back: make your own key, give its public part to someone, add their public key as a contact, encrypt a message for them and decrypt one sent to you. It takes about five minutes.
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Keys: which type to choose, and how to keep them safe
Everything in CryptoPad rests on keys. This guide explains what a key is made of, which of the three types to pick, how to be sure a contact's key is really theirs, and what happens when a key is gone. It applies to iPhone and Android alike.