Share Vault hands someone you trust an encrypted copy of a whole vault, such as family records for a partner. The copy and its one-time code travel separately, so the files stay protected the whole way.
Make the Shared Copy
- 1Choose Share Vault.
- 2HypaVault makes an encrypted copy of the whole vault and a one-time share code: 25 letters and numbers, shown as five groups of five.
- 3Send the file and the code separately.
Send the File and the Code Apart
Neither the file nor the code opens the copy alone. Send them by different routes, for example the file by email and the code in person, so someone who intercepts one still has nothing they can open.
What the Other Person Does
- They import the shared file into HypaVault and type in the share code.
- They choose their own passcode and get their own new recovery phrase.
As it comes in, every file is re-encrypted with new keys. It becomes their vault, and the original file and code can no longer open their copy.
A Snapshot, Not a Link
Sharing sends the vault as it is right now. Later changes aren't shared, so send a new copy if they need an update. Like a backup, the shared copy is encrypted on your phone and padded to a standard size, and it carries no device or name data.
Sharing a Single File Instead
To send just one file, use Share in the file manager. It decrypts a copy and hands it to your phone's share sheet, after a warning that the copy leaves the vault unprotected.
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About the Author
Siddharth Pereira · Co-Founder, Product
Siddharth Pereira co-founded the company behind HypaVault and runs its product roadmap. He has spent more than 18 years building digital products, with a focus on product strategy and product management. Here he writes about how phone privacy works in practice: encryption, backups and the settings that matter.
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