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Set salt
- When
1: when the user logs in
2: When the user changes their secret word
- Process
This is the process whereby combination of the secret word and salt along with a generated challenge is stored for later use.
Generate secret challenge
- When
1: When the salt is generated
2: When the user successfully decrypts local storage using a challenge
- Process
The system gets the local storaged salt and selects 3 random characters as the challenge, this is inserted into local storage
At this point the previous secured local storage is wiped also, if there is local storage data in memory at this point it is re-encrypted using
the newly generated challenge and written to local storage.
Get secured storage
- When
This occurs when the user activates the app and has is logged in.
- Process
At this point the secured storage either provides the version in memory, if this doesn't exist or a configurable timeframe has passed returns a challenge with salt.
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