To get the most out of Privowny App, you need to make sure you’re always logged in and that you’ve configured the mobile apps properly.
Browser Extension
After installing Privowny App Browser Extension on Chrome or Firefox, there are no steps you need to take to set it up. Once registered, you are good to go, but you will want to confirm you’re logged in. Look in the top right corner of your browser. If the OI icon is orange, then you know you’re logged in; if the OI icon is gray, you’re logged out (click on the icon to log in).
Android app
When you first log in, you’ll be walked through a series of steps to configure the app, follow the prompts (these are important):
- Enable Smartfield Icon – the Smartfield Icon for Android is designed to allow you to easily generate, store, and retrieve credentials for all your favorite websites and apps on your device. To display the Smartfield Icon on Android you need to allow Privowny App to draw over other apps.
- Grant Privowny Accessibility permissions – this setting allows Privowny to understand your browsing context, find information you need to log in or register, and store useful information you leave behind.
iOS app
When you first log in, you’ll see two notification cards on the top of the screen, click on them and follow the prompts:
- Privowny Autofill (only available for iOS 12) – this feature retrieves login credentials for you in order to fill online forms automatically directly from the top of the iOS keyboard.
- Privowny Extension for Safari – this feature enables a Safari for iOS action extension, which you can use to generate and securely store passwords and other sensitive data when using Safari for iOS.
- Biometric authentication – By using the fingerprint sensor or facial recognition, you will no longer need to type your Master Password every time you want to access sensitive data such as your passwords. Visit the settings menu (found via the gear icon on the top right of the Dashboard screen) to enable this feature.