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User Manual
1- Using Bonafeyed as a guest
2- Registering
3- Signing in
4- Browsing Facebook through Bonafeyed
5- Encrypting posts, comments and messages while browsing Facebook
6- Sending/receiving encrypted emails in Gmail
7- Sending/receiving encrypted emails in Yahoo Mail
8- Posting encrypted content on Facebook for the first time
9- Posting encrypted content on Facebook (1)
10- Posting encrypted content on Facebook (2)
11- Managing your Groups’ rights
12- Settings
iPhone/iPad app version 1.1.0
1- Using Bonafeyed as a guest
Simply sign in as Guest to immediately start protecting your emails and posts (including pictures) from data miners. All content uploaded with the Bonafeyed app travels the web
encrypted. By utilizing the app as a Guest you can instantly, with
no extra steps, defeat data mining. You have a few more setup
things to do if you want greater control.
One-time screen
You are encouraged to share
with your friends so they know
that you are using Bonafeyed
to protect your privacy and
that you can now decrypt the
Bonafeyed content they
upload.
Signing in as a Guest allows you to share
content that can be seen by the entire
Bonafeyed community (Guests and
Registered users). Guests users can only
view content protected with the
“Bonafeyed Community” group.
The Groups section of the app is
disabled when using the app as a guest
since the only group available for
postings in this case is: “Bonafeyed
Community”.
If you want more control over which
Bonafeyed users can view your content,
you need to register an account and
create your desired groups. (For more on
why and how to manage groups, go to
section 11 of the manual)
2- Registering
You only need to register once. Bonafeyed needs an email address and a password (no other information will ever be requested).
The email address provided will be used once, to send you an activate link. Bonafeyed doesn’t keep an email friendly version of your email
address after that. Bonafeyed stores a SHA512 Hash of your email address. This allows the Bonafeyed servers to organize your groups, but the
hash is not reversible, so the server can’t contact you again via email and we can’t reverse anything to know your email address.
Provide the email address your
friends know you by and define
a password. Submit.
You then need to check your inbox (check also your spam folder!), open the
“Welcome to Bonafeyed” email, tap on the activate link and you’re done. 3- Signing in
Use the credentials you registered with to sign in. You will see a one-time screen when you sign in for the first time. It lets you
know of 2 important steps to get started.
One-time screen
Step 1 - Share on social media
so your friends know you are
now registered and they should
add your email address to their
Bonafeyed groups. Step 2 - Import your contacts
so you can start sharing
encrypted posts with specific
Bonafeyed users and hide the
content from everyone else.
You will have the opportunity
to refine your groups, make
additional groups and add
friends manually, later on in the
“Manage” section of the app
(cf 11).
4- Browsing Facebook through Bonafeyed
Tap on Facebook to browse your news feed as usual. You can
update your status, view your PM, chat, write comments, check
your friends’ walls, and upload unprotected content as usual. Your user experience will be the same as the one you have when
using the Facebook mobile website. In the background though, the
Bonafeyed app will decrypt and provide any protected content
according to your rights (as defined by your Bonafeyed friends.) As long as your friends have added your email address (the one
you used when registering with Bonafeyed) to the group of people
allowed to see the real (decrypted) version of their posts/pictures/
emails/chats, browsing with Bonafeyed doesn’t require any
additional configuration.
If you are signed in to Bonafeyed as Guest, you will only see the
decrypted version of content uploaded targeting the “Bonafeyed
Community” group. If your friend protected the content using one
of their defined groups of registered Bonafeyed users, then you will
see “Privatized by Bonafeyed” instead of the decrypted posts and
Bonafeyed logos instead of decrypted images. Register and Sign in with your personal Bonafeyed account to see
all of the content directed specifically to you.
5- Encrypting posts, comments and messages while browsing Facebook
While browsing Facebook through the Bonafeyed app, you can encrypt your written posts
(status, comments, chats, and private messages).
Write your text as usual and, prior to tapping
“Post”, tap on the eye key that is embedded
in the keyboard. The text is then encrypted right before your eyes. Tap “Post” or tap Return if you are writing a private
message. Only your Bonafeyed friends will be able to
read your post. When encrypting text as described, the text will by
encrypted for the Bonafeyed Community group. To
target to a different group of Bonafeyed friends, go to
the “Manage” section of the app and change the
default group in “Settings” (cf. 12).
You can also opt to use the “Post text” button in the
“Quick Post” section of the Bonafeyed app (cf. 9).
6- Sending/receiving encrypted emails in Gmail
To write an encrypted email in Gmail, the process is the same. After signing in with your Gmail
credentials, you can encrypt the body of your email and/or the subject line. Write your text, tap on
the eye key embedded in the keyboard and send.
Go to: Manage !Settings (cf 12), to select the group of users that can decrypt your emails. Browsing your inbox for Bonafeyed messages is automatic.
Just tap on the message to see the whole message in its
decrypted form.
7- Sending/receiving encrypted emails in Yahoo Mail
To write an encrypted email in Ymail, the process is the same as in Gmail. After signing in with your
Yahoo credentials, you can encrypt the body of your email and/or the subject line. Write your text,
tap on the eye key embedded in the keyboard and send.
Go to: Manage !Settings (cf 12), to select the group of users that can decrypt your emails. Browsing your inbox for Bonafeyed messages is automatic.
Just tap on the message to see the whole message in its
decrypted form.
8- Posting encrypted content on Facebook for
the first time
The steps below only need to be completed once. If you miss the opportunity to complete them here, you can
access this information again by tapping on ! (bottom right).
One-time screen
Bonafeyed doesn’t store your pictures (even in their encrypted
form). Bonafeyed was designed to work without knowing the
location of your files so that Bonafeyed could not inadvertently
expose your information.
To make this possible, Bonafeyed requires that you create an account with a cloud storage provider. OneDrive and DropBox are supported at
the moment. If you already have an account with one of them, you can choose to use it or create a new account just for use with Bonafeyed.
Note that only encrypted files are stored in the cloud. The encryption happens on your device and the original pictures never leave your device.
9- Posting encrypted content on Facebook (1)
Tap on Facebook in the “Quick Post” section of the app to post encrypted text and pictures on your timeline so that a specific group of
Bonafeyed friends (and only them) can see the information in the original (ie decrypted) form. Anyone not in the group (other Facebook friends,
Facebook admins, …) will be shown a Bonafeyed logo instead.
Target Group - Shows the Group of friends who
will be able to decrypt the post. It is set by default
to the “Bonafeyed Community” group. Tap on
“Bonafeyed Community” to select another group.
You can create, delete and modify your groups at
any time in the “Manage” section of the app (cf 11).
Cloud Storage - Shows the cloud
storage provider you will be using for the
post you are about to upload. If you still
haven’t created an account with either
OneDrive or DropBox at this point, tap
on the “Why do I need a cloud storage
service?” link to do so. To post encrypted text,
start typing in the white
rectangle, then tap “Post
Text” when done.
To post an encrypted
picture, choose either
“Camera” or “Roll”.
Camera – opens your iPhone or iPad camera and
lets you take a picture right then. Confirm that you
like the picture or try again. The picture is not saved
to your roll.
Roll – provides access to the pictures already saved
in your iPhone or iPad. Choose one.
To encrypt a comment to go with the picture, write it in the white rectangle before tapping “Post Image with Text”. If not, leave the rectangle blank.
You will have an opportunity to write an unprotected comment right before the image is posted.
10- Posting encrypted content on Facebook (2)
After tapping “Post image With Text”, and if it is your first time posting an encrypted
picture, the app will take you to your OneDrive account or your DropBox account so
you can provide your credentials and give Bonafeyed access to your storage. OR Then, Bonafeyed begins the encryption process. A status message lets
you know what is happening. It only takes a few seconds. The last screen gives you a chance to write a custom comment to be
posted with the picture (same look as usual on Facebook). The text by
default will be “Bonafeyed image from iPhone”. Note that the caption will
be unprotected. If you wish to write an encrypted comment, follow the
process described in 9).
You can then choose your audience, album and location if you wish.
Note that you can cancel the post all the way to this point. Tap “Post”
when ready.
11- Managing your Groups’ rights
While in the “Manage” section of the Bonafeyed app, Bonafeyed gives you the option to define
the specific audience for your protected posts (ie. you decide who will be able to see your
posts in their decrypted form. Everyone else will see a Bonafeyed logo if it’s a picture or the still
encrypted data if it’s text). You may decide to always post targetingthe ALL Group or discriminate depending on the
content.
To create your Groups, you can either add
friends manually to the ALL Group and then
create specific groups (using the + button on
the top right) or you can import all the
contacts stored in your iPhone at once by
tapping “Import Contacts”. You can tap this
button regularly as you add more people to
your contacts, duplicates will not be created.
You can then delete unneeded contacts and
start organizing your groups.
Adds a new member to a
Group. You will need to
provide the new friend’s email
address (the address they use
to sign in to their Bonafeyed
account) so they can be
granted decrypting rights.
Note that anyone added to a
Group is also automatically
added to the ALL Group. Creates a new Group.
Once the new Group is
named, it will contain, by
default, everyone in your
ALL Group. Tap on name
to exclude it from this
Group. Only the names
highlighted in gray
belong to the group.
Deleting a friend or
a Group. Swipe your
finger from right to left
on the name until a
red delete box
appears. Tap on the
box. This friend is
then deleted from
every Group. 12- Settings
This section allows you to set up the default group for “on the fly” encryption (ie. when you
encrypt text using the eye key embedded in the keyboard).
The “Bonafeyed Community” Group is selected by default. Tap on “Bonafeyed Community”
to choose another group to serve as the default group thereafter.
This is also the area where you can restore the informative one time screens that appear
when you first learn to use the app. You may want to reread the tips and instructions you
missed.