epyks_ LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CLIENT
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Your account ↗ Lock this client
Privacy, plainly. This local build is experimental and has not received a security audit. Use a pseudonym and a VPN on future public deployments. Never share your real name or personal information. Use Epyks lawfully.
History and private keys stay in your encrypted local vault. A compromised or unlocked device can expose messages. The relay sees handles and live connection metadata.
Settings Wipe local data
Your handle. Two fields. No email, phone number, or analytics.
SAVED ON THIS DEVICE
Choose an account, then enter its password. Only handles and local vault locations are remembered.
New local profile Recover account ↗
New accounts receive a unique name#number. Log in using that full handle; existing handles still work. In this test, your password also unlocks this device’s vault. Each window uses its own local profile. Losing this vault loses your messages and identity keys. Logging in on a new device does not restore them.
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Conversations0 ＋ Search chats and contacts locally Chats Contacts
PINNED KEY · MLS ENCRYPTION Resend invitation Delete local chat Queued messages stay on your device. Delivery requires both clients online. “Delivered” means an encrypted receipt confirms the recipient saved the message.
FRESH IDENTITY / RECONNECT Keep the conversation.
Re-add friend ↗
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A QUIETER CONNECTION Less noise. Choose a chat or add someone new.
NO ANALYTICS. NO REMOTE MESSAGE HISTORY. LOCAL TEST TRANSPORT. YOUR LOCAL IDENTITY
Account recovery key ↗ OPTIONAL KEY FINGERPRINT The first accepted key is pinned locally. For stronger first-contact authentication, compare this fingerprint independently. A unique username is not proof of identity.
Close account details Add a contact Keep both clients connected. Search by name, choose the visible full tag, and send a contact request. Both people accept inside Epyks; fingerprint entry is optional.
Choose the full handle Send contact request
Close Delete this device’s chat? Delete local message text and cancel pending text sends. Your partner’s copies stay on their device. Identity keys and content-free delivery records remain so this conversation can continue.
This does not guarantee forensic erasure of backups, OS artifacts, or previously copied data.
Keep chat Delete local chat Start a separate local profile? Your existing encrypted vault stays on this device. Its messages and identity keys will not transfer to the new profile. This does not recover a forgotten password.
Use a different test handle from the other window. A new profile gets new identity keys: compare fingerprints again before pairing.
Keep current profile Keep old vault and start separately ACCOUNT OWNERSHIP / KEEP PRIVATE Your recovery key. This private key can reset your password and keep your unique handle. It cannot decrypt your messages or restore contacts.
Anyone with this key can take over your handle and impersonate you in future chats. Store it somewhere safe outside this device. Never send it in a chat or to someone claiming to be support.
Select and copy this key manually. Epyks does not copy it to your clipboard. Hidden after one minute, when locked, or when this window is hidden.
Close and hide key ACCOUNT RECOVERY / FRESH START Same handle. Keep your handle. Start with an empty local vault and a new password.
Recovery resets your password, revokes existing sessions, and replaces your recovery key. This account’s remembered local vaults on this device are deleted after success. Messages, contacts, and encryption keys do not transfer. Copies on other devices and backups cannot be erased remotely.
Friends keep their own saved chats. They can re-add you, and you must accept each new request. Save your replacement recovery key after logging in.
Cancel and keep current data LOCAL DATA / PERMANENT REMOVAL Leave nothing in this client. Delete every saved local account, contact, message, encryption key, recovery key, and pending request in this window’s device storage.
Save your recovery key somewhere private first if you want to keep your handle. This cannot be undone. Server accounts, the other test window, other devices, and friends’ saved copies stay unchanged. File deletion cannot guarantee removal from backups or forensic recovery.
Keep my local data Wipe all local data now
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