{"id":2503,"date":"2017-07-25T10:35:51","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T17:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.voxer.com\/blog\/?p=2503"},"modified":"2019-10-03T20:48:07","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T20:48:07","slug":"private-chats-multi-device-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voxer.com\/blog\/private-chats-multi-device-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Private Chats Now with Multi-Device Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 200;\">Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voxer.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/09\/private-chats-walkie-talkie-end-to-end-encryption-2\/\">Private Chats<\/a> feature just got even better!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 200;\">Private Chats is is now available with multi-device support with the latest update on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/voxer-walkie-talkie-messenger\/id377304531?mt=8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 200;\">iOS<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 200;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.rebelvox.voxer&amp;hl=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 200;\">Android<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 200;\">. Up until this release, users could only send end-to-end encrypted messages from one active device per Voxer account. Without this limitation, users now have the ability to access end-to-end encrypted conversations from all their mobile devices. What that means is, users who access their Voxer account from multiple devices can gain access to their private conversations seam<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 200;\">lessly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voxer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/devices-copy-5.png\" alt=\"Multi-device support\" width=\"323\" height=\"574\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 200;\">To <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voxer.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/25\/verify-safety-private-chats\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 200;\">verify the privacy of your conversation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 200;\">, simply compare your safety number with the safety number on your contact\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 200;\">phone. A safety number will only change if a user has logged in from a new device, logged out and back into their account, reinstalled Voxer, or if the conversation was intercepted. In any of these cases, you will be prompted by default to verify the new safety number for that Private Chat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 200;\">With this update, we have implemented a device management screen that allows users to manage all active devices. It comes loaded with a list of active devices, and the ability to remotely revoke access of any suspicious device to the account. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 200;\">In addition, users will be notified via Voxertbot and email when a new device gains access to the account. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 200;\">Private Chats\u2019 multi-device support uses the encryption protocol known as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/whispersystems.org\/blog\/advanced-ratcheting\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 200;\">Signal<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 200;\">, an open-source encryption technology created by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/whispersystems.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 200;\">Open Whisper Systems<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 200;\">. It\u2019s considered the <a href=\"https:\/\/eprint.iacr.org\/2016\/1013.pdf\">gold standard of messaging encryption technology<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 200;\">For more information about Private Chats, visit our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.voxer.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/230917487-Private-Chats-FAQ\"><span style=\"font-weight: 200;\">FAQs page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 200;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Private Chats feature just got even better!\u00a0 Private Chats is is now available with multi-device support with the latest..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4897,31170987,286819650],"tags":[29395545,70294414],"yst_prominent_words":[659311869,659311868,659311872,659311864,659311639,659311681,659311873,659311865,659311862,659311861,659311867,659311871,659311866,659311859,659311870,659311860,659311500,659311410,659311863],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voxer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voxer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voxer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voxer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voxer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2503"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.voxer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4752,"href":"https:\/\/www.voxer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503\/revisions\/4752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voxer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voxer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voxer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voxer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2503"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voxer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=2503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}