Automatic backups
Your chats backed up by themselves, encrypted so only you can open them.
A backup is one encrypted file that you keep yourself. We never see it and can't open it.
- By itself: in the Android and Windows apps, turn on the app lock (Settings > Safety & panic > App lock) and Hushpiper backs up your messages every hour while it's open, and photos and videos once a day. These open with your app lock pattern or PIN plus signing in to your account. For an extra copy locked with a backup password, use Settings > Chat backup > Back up by itself, every day or every week.
- Keep one somewhere else: backups are kept in a Hushpiper folder in your Documents, so uninstalling the app doesn't delete them. Now and then, use Save a copy to keep one somewhere else too, such as a USB stick or your own cloud drive.
- Restoring adds what's missing and never removes anything.
Automatic backups include hidden chats, still locked with your vault PIN; backups with a backup password don't. A new device also gets your recent history from your other devices by itself.
