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<title>FAQ - Delta Chat</title>
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<li><a href="../en/">Home</a></li>
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<li><a href="download">Download</a></li>
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<li><a href="blog">Blog</a></li>
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<li><a href="contribute">Contribute</a></li>
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<li><a href="help">FAQ</a></li>
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<h1>Frequently Asked Questions</h1>
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<details>
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<summary>
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Table of Contents
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<html><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../help.css" /></head><body><ul id="top">
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<li><a href="#what-is-delta-chat">What is Delta Chat?</a>
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<li><a href="#general">General</a>
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<li><a href="#what-is-delta-chat">What is Delta Chat?</a></li>
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<li><a href="#how-can-i-find-people-to-chat-with">How can I find people to chat with?</a></li>
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<li><a href="#what-are-the-advantages-of-delta-chat-compared-to-other-messengers">What are the advantages of Delta Chat compared to other messengers?</a></li>
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<li><a href="#which-messages-do-appear-in-delta-chat">Which messages do appear in Delta Chat?</a></li>
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</details>
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<h2 id="general">
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General <a href="#general" class="anchor"></a>
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</h2>
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<h3 id="what-is-delta-chat">
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<h2 id="what-is-delta-chat">
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What is Delta Chat? <a href="#what-is-delta-chat" class="anchor"></a>
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</h3>
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<p><img style="float: right;" width="400px" src="../assets/home/delta-what.png" /></p>
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</h2>
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<p>Delta Chat is a new chat app that sends messages via e-mails, encrypted if possible, with Autocrypt.
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<strong>You do not have to sign up anywhere, just use your existing e-mail account with Delta Chat.</strong></p>
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<p><a href="#top">↑ Top</a></p>
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<h3 id="how-can-i-find-people-to-chat-with">
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<p>With Delta Chat, you can write to every existing e-mail address - even
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if the recipient is not using the Delta Chat app. No need for the
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recipient to install the same app as yours, as with other messengers.</p>
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<p><a href="#top">↑ Top</a></p>
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<h3 id="what-are-the-advantages-of-delta-chat-compared-to-other-messengers">
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@ -155,6 +103,8 @@ the same e-mail servers</li>
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<li><em>Trustworthy</em> - can even be used for business messages.</li>
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<li><em>Copyleft</em> and <em>Standards</em> based libre software.</li>
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</ul>
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<p><a href="#top">↑ Top</a></p>
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<h3 id="which-messages-do-appear-in-delta-chat">
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@ -173,6 +123,8 @@ the same e-mail servers</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Other messages do not appear automatically, and are to be found in the main menu at <strong>Contact requests</strong>. If desired a chat can be started from there.</p>
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<p><a href="#top">↑ Top</a></p>
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<h3 id="what-about-spam">
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<li>As messages from unknown contacts do not pop up automatically, normally, there is <strong>no spam</strong>.</li>
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<li>However, if needed, you can <strong>block</strong> any contact.</li>
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</ul>
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<p><a href="#top">↑ Top</a></p>
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<h3 id="does-delta-chat-support-images-videos-and-other-attachments">
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<li>Yes. Beside the plain text, all e-mail attachments are displayed as separate messages. Outgoing messages get attachments as needed automatically.</li>
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</ul>
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<p><a href="#top">↑ Top</a></p>
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<h3 id="who-sees-my-profile-picture">
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device.</p>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p><a href="#top">↑ Top</a></p>
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<h3 id="does-delta-chat-support-html-e-mails">
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<li>Yes. If incoming e-mail lacks a plain text part, HTML-emails is converted to plain text in the app. Outgoing e-mails always use plain text.</li>
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</ul>
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<p><a href="#top">↑ Top</a></p>
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<h3 id="why-do-i-have-to-enter-my-e-mail-password-into-delta-chat-is-this-secure">
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Code</a>
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if you want to verify that your credentials are handled securely. We are happy
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about feedback which makes the app more secure for all of our users.</p>
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<p><a href="#top">↑ Top</a></p>
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<h3 id="which-android-permissions-does-delta-chat-need">
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</li>
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<p><a href="#top">↑ Top</a></p>
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<h2 id="groups">
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<li>On the following screen, select the <strong>group members</strong> and hit the check mark in the upper right corner. After that, you can define a <strong>group name</strong>.</li>
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<li>As soon as you write the <strong>first message</strong> in the group, all members are informed about the new group and can answer in the group (as long as you do not write a message in the group the group is invisible to the members).</li>
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<p><a href="#top">↑ Top</a></p>
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<h3 id="add-members-to-a-group">
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<li>Every group member has the <strong>same rights</strong> as any other. For this reason every one can delete every member or add new ones.</li>
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<li>To add or delete members, click on the group name in the chat.</li>
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</ul>
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<p><a href="#top">↑ Top</a></p>
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<h3 id="what-is-a-verified-group-why-is-it-experimental">
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members can join by scanning a “QR invite code”. All members are thus
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connected with each other through a chain of invites, which guarantee
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cryptographic consistency against active network or provider attacks.
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See https://countermitm.readthedocs.io/en/latest/new.html
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See <a href="https://countermitm.readthedocs.io/en/latest/new.html">countermitm.readthedocs.io</a>
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for the R&D behind this feature.</p>
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<li>As you’re no longer a group member, you cannot add yourself again.
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However, no problem, just ask any other group member in a normal chat to re-add you.</li>
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<li>Yes. Delta Chat implements the Autocrypt Level 1 standard and can
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thus E2E-encrypt messages with other Autocrypt-capable apps.</li>
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<p><a href="#top">↑ Top</a></p>
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use the corresponding setting in “Settings / Advanced settings”.</p>
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server. Whereas e2e-encryption provides safety between
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your device and a friend’s device.</li>
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<p>For transport encryption, this state is just shown there</p>
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<p>If there is <strong>no padlock</strong>, the message is usually transported unencrypted e.g. because you or the sender have turned off end-to-end-encryption, or the sender uses an app without support for end-to-end-encryption.</p>
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Using e-mail addresses that are not easily tracked back to persons
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helps group members to stay safer from the effects of device seizure.</p>
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<p>Note that if anyone has seized or hacked your running phone, they will
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is in place or not. Having access to a single device from a member of a group,
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will typically expose a lot of the social graph. Using e-mail addresses that
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<p>If you don’t have a key or don’t even know you would need one - don’t worry: Delta Chat generates one as needed, you don’t have to hit a button for it.</p>
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For other programs, you can find a solution online.</p>
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However, some providers need special options to work properly; users have collected some of them in the forum at <a href="https://support.delta.chat/t/provider-overview/">Provider Overview</a></li>
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<a href="references">References</a> | <a href="imprint">Imprint</a>
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