Secure - Password Manager

Secure est un gestionnaire de mots de passe hors ligne conçu pour protéger vos secrets.

>> **Secure** is a password manager designed to keep your secrets as safe as possible, isolated from the outer world.

To achieve this goal, it:

- works 100% offline; not a single bit of data is transmitted over Internet

- stores data only in encrypted form

- locks automatically when not in use

- hides preview in recent apps screen

- analyzes password strength and suggests strong passwords

The user interface is streamlined, polished, carefully tweaked for natural usage and ad-free.

# Isolation

To minimize exposure, the only way **Secure** goes out of its box is by writing and reading backup files from your device's local storage.

>> **Secure** never goes online.

This can easily be verified by checking the _App info/Data usage_ section, which will always display 'No data used'.

In the same spirit, the app is configured to be excluded from the Applications Backup your Google account might have enabled, to avoid getting its data uploaded in Google's cloud.

# Encryption

>> All data written by **Secure** to your device is encrypted, including backup files.

# App Locking

All security measures would be pointless if somebody could just pick up your phone and open the app.

**Secure** will lock automatically when it loses focus (like, for example, when you switch to another app, press the Home button or switch off the screen). Locking may take place immediately or after a little while, depending on your preferences.

>> There's no need to use a third-party app to protect **Secure**.

**Secure** uses PIN authentication, which offers good security. It also gives the option to unlock with fingerprint, a slightly less secure but considerably more convenient method.

Lock settings can be customized using the _Security_ menu.

# Backup/Restore

You can create a backup of your passwords using the _Backup_ menu. The backup file can be used to restore your passwords, so make sure to copy/move it to a safe place on a different device, to have it available in case your phone gets lost, stolen or becomes unusable.

>> The backup file, named **secure..backup**, is placed in a folder selected by you at backup time.

The backup file is encrypted. It can be restored only if you know the secret used when it was created.

To backup/restore data, the app must be able to access the backup/restore folder(s). You will be asked to grant this permission during the first use of one of these functions.

If you uninstall the app or clear app's data, the permission might be cleared. You might need to grant it again in order to be able to use backups.

# Sharing

It is of critical importance to have a copy of your data in some other place than your phone. **Secure** gives you the option to "share" the database, which means creating a database copy and handing it to another app (of your choice) able to perform file transfers.

For example, sharing with the Dropbox app would allow this app to upload a database copy into your Dropbox account.

You are always in control, being the one initiating the sharing process, selecting the app to perform the transfer and the destination.

# Clearing App Data

If, for some reason, you decide to clear **Secure**'s app data, keep in mind this might delete its database.

>> Make sure you create a backup first.

# Password Recommendations

**Secure** does an offline analysis of your passwords to determine their strength.

Passwords receive a score from 0 (red, weakest) to 4 (green, strongest) and display this info as colored bullets in the accounts list screen or as a scoring card in the account detail screen.

Estimated times needed to crack the password are also calculated.

Scores and crack time are nice but keep in mind this info is a rather rough estimation.

>> **Secure** provides a password generator which generates passwords of maximum strength for a given length.