In App File Viewer

All the files, images, videos and other Data shared through Samvad are visible only within Samvad and are inaccessible to other Apps on the device.
The In App File Viewer supports following file types:

• Images
• Videos
• Audio
• Text
• PDF (Plain and Password Protected both)
• Message Tracking & Traceability
• Document, Presentation* and Excel*
• Regulated/ Restricted File Download

Tagged Messaging

Messages and Files can be tagged as “Confidential” or “Non-Forwardable” to sensitise the receiver and regulate the further spread of the information shared with him/ her. “Forwarded” Tag helps in Traceability & Track-ability.

A Sender can tag a message or file as “Confidential” to mark the information as sensitive and the Receiver will always see this tag associated with the message and can judiciously share the information further.

A Sender can tag a message or file as “Non- Forwardable” to restrict the further dissemination of the information shared in the message or file and the Receiver will not be able to forward these to others.

When a message or file is forwarded by any user, the Receiver will see that message with a “Forwarded” tag. This can be used by the Receiver to report the message to the System Administrator and the communication can then be “Traced” and “Tracked”.

Off The Record(OTR)

User Verification, Before Messaging
The In App File Viewer supports following file types:

Verify the Receiver with a “Shared Secret” before sharing a highly confidential information.

Also, establishes another of Encryption Channel between the Sender and Receiver. This is established on top of the default TLS tunnel and the session based keys are shared dynamically between the Sender and the Receiver while they are both Online.

The channel gets disrupted if any of the user (Sender or Receiver) disconnects and goes offline.

The process needs to be re- initiated by either of the user (Sender or Receiver) when the two parties come online again.

This is a User driven process and the “Shared Secret” is decided between the two on a different channel of communication.

Vapour Message

Auto-Delete Message, After being Read

Sender can tag a message or file as “Vapour” before sending it.

This message or file will be deleted from the device of the Sender and Receiver, after the Receiver reads it.

The timeout period for which the message or file persist on the device after reading, can be configured by Users individually.

It works in conjunction with other tags like “Confidential” and “Non-Forwardable”.

Cross Compatibility

User Data can be seamlessly migrated between Android and iOS devices, without any need for a Third Party Tool

Users can take back up of their data at regular intervals and can restore it on new devices later.

The Chat-Backup is cross compatible between Android and iOS, i.e. a backup taken on the Android version of Samvad App can be seamlessly restored on the iOS version of Samvad App.

All the Backed Up User Data is stored securely on the Samvad Server in the User’s Private Storage and is encrypted by User specific random keys.