Global ID Setup

When you first start the mobile app, you are met with the welcome screen, then you are taken to the GLOBAL ID screen.
In W10, click the bottom-left button Global ID to open this window.

Your Global ID is what identifies you specifically to other Complok Security Messenger app users.
All your contacts will use your Global ID when they add you as a contact.
We use your EMAIL ADDRESS for this because:

1. It is unique in the world
2. It is easy for you to remember
3. You do not need a SIM card in your mobile device (i.e. a phone number)
4. Our app traffic does not go thru traditional SMS channels and servers

Note:  You can technically use any made up email address as we do not actually send to it nor need your email account credentials.  If you do make up something, create something bizarre so as to not conflict with any other ID out there.

Shared Secret

Hi Security Mode

Out of the box, all messages between Complok users are fully End-to-End encrypted.  At this initial level, 3 separate encryption keys are generated, unique to each message, which protect the message contents.

Max Security Mode

Add a SHARED SECRET to the encryption keys.
In mobile, click the 3 dots (upper-right), and select SHARED SECRET.
In W10, click the lower-left button Shared Secret to open this window.
The SHARED SECRET screen opens.

Here, both parties agree on a ‘Shared Secret’ word/phrase.  The only difficulty is how to share something like this in a secured manner.
Proper options for this are:

1. In person
2. By regular mail in a sealed envelope
3. By confirmed encrypted text or voice mail messaging

Each party, then enters the secret in their own app.

Note: If only 1 person enters a shared secret and that person’s contact does not, then decryption errors will occur.

MESSAGE MANAGEMENT

Contacts Screen

This screen shows all your contacts. Tap on a contact to go to the CONVERSATION screen.
In W10, all contacts are shown in the left panel and conversations shown in the right panel.

The column circles will highlight the INITIAL of the contact, but will show a NUMBER if there are pending messages on the server.

Auto-Notify New Message Alert

When a new message arrives on the server for any of your contacts, an alert sound will be heard, the name will color blue (if not already), and the circle will contain the number of pending messages (as seen below for Abel Prior).

Conversations

See mobile screens below.
Left: Create Messages Mode
Right: Delete Messages Mode

Create Message

 Tap in the lower ‘Enter Message’ box area, type a message, then tap the Send Arrow.

In this screen the server is automatically checked for any new messages, and if so, are downloaded, decrypted, and shown with a little alert blip sound.

Delete message(s)

Mobile:

Tap the Delete icon at the top to change screen to delete mode
Tap to select message(s) to delete (text turns red)
Tap Delete

W10:

Click the CHECK MARK icon to change to select mode
Check the conversations to delete, or check the SELECT ALL
Click the DELETE  button

Note: This action is permanent. Nothing is saved anywhere!