Confirming you’re logged in & everything is setup properly

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).

As of v.84, Chrome has changed the way extensions are displayed. They will no longer appear automatically next to your browser's address bar when you install them. To make your Browser Extension visible at all times, you will need to click on the "puzzle" icon next to your address bar to manage your extensions, then click on the "pin" icon next to the Privowny App Browser Extension.

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):

1. 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.
2. 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 be walked through a series of steps to configure the app, follow the prompts:

1. Enable Privowny Autofill (only available as of iOS 12) – this feature retrieves login credentials for you in order to fill online forms automatically directly from the top of the iOS keyboard.
2. Enable the Safari Extension – 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.