
If you have a Keybase account and have installed the latest version of Keybase, you'll be asked to make a device key and paper key during first login.Īlso, PGP continues to be supported, and, heck, you can now have multiple PGP keys on one account. In the meantime, we're getting all our ducks in a row. That's vague, but we'll have a more specific announcement (especially on 1 and 2) in the next 3-4 months.
#INSTALL KEYBASE ON IPHONE DIRECTIONS FULL#
Slightly cumbersome, these are full NaCl keys that can be used to provision a new computer.Īn example: death punch correct staple battery horse clearly cherry picked words yeah moo car lisp In the short term, beta testers can now generate paper keys. Until they're ready, bringing 2 computers together is tough. Our mobile apps are in active development. (Our merkle tree + bitcoin are discussed here. So are statements of the form "I lost my device." In other words, the Keybase server cannot provide different answers to different users.

Provisioning a device key (and choosing a public name for it) is a public action.
#INSTALL KEYBASE ON IPHONE DIRECTIONS INSTALL#
You won't even need a passphrase, and it will take seconds. First thing’s first: Go to Keybase.io and click the Install button at the top of the screen, or find it for your mobile device in the iPhone App Store, or Google Play store on Android. In this way, you can be you, without moving a private key around. Once the desktop is synched to your mobile phone, you’ll see that clean Signal interface along with your contacts. You don’ need to have app on two devices you can install app only on one device and have two paper keys. Follow the directions on the bottom of this window to connect Signal Desktop to your mobile device and sync your data between the two. They will use that secret to authenticate, sign, & announce each other's keys, including whatever you name each device. Create a paper key and save it somewhere in a safe place for safekeeping. Technically, though, this is not a normal 2fa: the devices will share a secret with just each other. People are getting used to 2-factor experiences emerging, and we imagine the phone will be the most-used device in provisioning.
