How does Social Backup & Recovery work?

Social Backup & Recovery (Beta) is a feature whereby a Fedian who loses their private keys can record and share an encrypted video file of themselves with their federation guardians.

The guardians can then use this video to verify the Fedian's identity and help them recover their federation wallet balance.

Backing Up and Recovering

Social Recovery is made up of two components – backup and recovery.

Backup: To perform a social backup:

1. Tap your profile avatar at the top right of the Wallet tab to open Settings. Under Federations, tap the federation you want to back up > Social Backup > Start.
2. You will then be prompted to hold the record button and say "Hello Fedi, my name is [your name]".
3. After you've recorded and reviewed your backup video to ensure that you can be clearly seen and heard, tap Confirm backup video, and an encrypted file will be created.
4. Tap Save file to download it, and be sure to save the file securely.
5. Lastly, tap Continue, and you're done!

Recovery: To perform a social recovery:

1. Tap Restore access from the start page and select Start social recovery.
2. Tap Upload file to browse your device for the encrypted file of the video you recorded and downloaded, originally titled "backup.fedi," then tap Submit.