Your recovery key

Write this down now. It is shown once and is the only way to recover your account if you forget the password. The server cannot reset anything.

Your key fingerprint

Share the fingerprint with contacts over another channel so they can verify you.

Fingerprints

Compare over a trusted channel (in person, phone call). If they do not match on both devices, the server or a middlebox is swapping keys.

You:

Peer:

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