BioWallet is a safe wallet that allows you to store all kind of sensitive and confidential information. Thanks to its biometric handwritten signature recognition technology, you will be the key and never ever have to remember a password again!.

You can store: user/passwords, bank accounts, credit cards, photos, videos… anything you want to protect and keep safe (and hidden from everyone else!) Your information will be stored as records.

All your information is completely safe (your biometric identity and the all the records), they are stored encrypted and never sent out of the device.

To start using BioWallet you must first sign up or register in the system.

You can see what are the BioWallet’s permissions and what are they for here.

If you don’t find what you’re looking for in this FAQ, you can check out BioWallet in UserEcho or ask us through twitter (twitter.com/biowallet) or email support(at)mobbeel(dot)com

Changes in the 0.5 version:

• New translations added. Enjoy it now on English, Spanish, French, Dutch, German, Chinese, Polish, Russian and Italian
• New credit card layout. New design… check out here
• Attachments. Take a photo and attach it directly from a record.
• No more “System Tools” permission needed.
• New SplashID record. SplashID “Phone Numbers” record importing supported.
• Enrollment/Authentication. Revamped Enrollment and Authentication processes
• Sound Notifications. Now you can completely disable sound notifications in app’s settings.
• Bugs fixed from previous versions

Changes in the 0.4.1 version:

• Removed Internet Access. We have heard you loud and clear. The application does not require Internet Access permission anymore.
• No more ads.
• Improved search.
• Now you can register your signature again without losing your protected information
• Now you can delete your stored information much more easily.
• Bugs fixed from previous versions

Changes in the 0.3 version:

• Added importers from Keepass, OI SAfe, Secrets For Android and SplashID
• Added record “User/Pass”.
• Added record “Application”. It allows you to launch an application from BioWallet (copying the password stored automatically into clipboard).
• Added record “Contact”. In case you want have a secret contact (you can call/mail him/her directly within the application)
• Now you can configure how many login attempts you want and the penalty associated if this number is reached.
• Bugs fixed from previous versions

The first time you access the application, once you’ve accepted the EULA terms, a wizard will guide you through the registration process. The wizard will asked you to sign on the device’s screen a number of times. Then your signature biometric template will be encripted and stored (every time you access your signature will be compare against the template).

Is very important you get used to sign on the device, the sign up process is only valid (and will be only completed) if all your signatures are quite similar. The better you make the register process, the better you login later. That’s why the wizard has a training mode specifically designed, where you can sign as many time as you want to feel comfortable with you signature.

Step by step sign up process:

• The first screen is the Splash (initial animation). After that, you will begin the register process. The wizard will guide you through the entire operation.

• In the next screen you must enter your information: username, photo, first and last name. Only the username is required (it will be your identifier on the system). You can modify them later on app’s settings

• After you’ve completed your information, the app will show a screen with all the available biometric access methods. You can sign-up in one or more methods, and use them later to access BioWallet. Select one of them to start the registration. When you finish with one method, the app will show you this screen again where you can enroll in another method or finish the sign-up process.If you don’t complete a method, you can register it later on the app’s preferences. Option: “Enroll your signature again”

Register your signature

• If you select the signature to enroll with it, a screen will appear where you can practice (training mode) your signature on the screen device as many times as you want (at first, maybe, it’s a little dificult, but in a few attempts you will sign smoothly). You can sign in portrait and landscape mode, as you prefer. When you think you’re ready for the registration tap on “Next” to start with the signature acquisiton process.

• The next thing you have to do is signing on the device (at least 6 times). The app will show you the progress of the progress in the top of the screen. If the recognition system detects that your signatures are not quite similar, it will ask you to sign again as many times as necessary to build a good signature template.

• When you’ve completed the signature registration you will come back to “Biometric Method Screen” where you could enroll in another method or finish the sign-up process.

• If you are not able to complete the registration process, go back to training mode, practice a little more and try again (once you complete the sign up process you can low the security level to access easily.

Register your password.

• If you select this option a screen will appear and you have to enter your password to access BioWallet. Once you’ce completed this step, you’ll come back to the previous screen and finalize the sing-up process.

Modify your initial enrollment

• Remember that you can modify your handwritten signature enrollment or your password in the app’s settings. For security reasons you can only modified the method you are logged with.

When BioWallet is launched, it will ask you to probe your identity. Depending on your registration process, it will show you the available access methods (handwritten signature or password).

If the system recognizes your signature or your password, you would access to your information through the Dashboard (and the session time will start counting.)

If the system does not recognize you, it will be consider as a fail login attempt. By default, you have 5 attempts available. If someone tries to access BioWallet and all the attempts are consumed, the app will close automatically (you can configure this “penalty” in the settings).

If you are not able to sign on the device you can always enable password access or modifiy the level security option in the settings.

These are the main functionalities of the Dashboard:

• Create a record.
• Directly encrypt a file.
• Explore your information.
• Search.

Records in BioWallet represent your sensitive and confidential information. There are different types of records for different kind of information. You can organize them as you want.

For example, the “Credit Card” record is desinged so you can store the number of credit card, pin, #CCV… all necessary information so you can buy online without taking the credit card with you and having to remember all the tedious bank’s passwords.

Besides every specific record’s information, the most of them allows you to store extra information (on “notes” tab) and attach files that will be encrypted (like the rest of your information).

Available records:

• Name: Web Site.
  Fields: title, url, user y password.
  What for?: It allows to store the common information of web registries: facebook, tuenti, gmail, hotmail, twitter..etc etc.
  New in 0.3: You can create directly from the Android Web browser a Web Site record of BioWallet with the “Share Page” option from the browser.

  

• Name: Mail.
  Fields: title, user, password, smtp server, pop, imap.
  What for?: It allows store information about your mail, both professional and personal

  

• Name: Note.
  Fields: title, description.
  What for?: Anything that doesn’t fit on the other records..

  

• Name: Credit Card.
  Fields: title, credit card’s number, expiration date, card holder name, CVV#, pin/pac y phone number (in case the credit card is lost – to warn the bank,…)
  What for?: It allows to store all credit card’s info. You can choose between different types of credit cards..
  Video: See it in action.

  
  
  

• Name: Online Bank.
  Fields: title, bank’s url, user id, password, operation key.
  What for?: Store your online bank’s data access in this record. You can save an image of the code card as an attachment.

  

• Name: Bank Account.
  Fields: user id, account number, account’s holders.
  What for?: Store your bank account’s information, you won’t need the passbook anymore.

  

• Name: Document.
  Fields: title.
  What for?: This record is specially designed to have a single file/document (as an attachment) and be able to identify and work whit it easily.

  

• Name: User/Password.
  Fields: title, user and password.
  What for?: Store just user/password information (quick and easy).

  

• Name: Application.
  Fields: title, application and password
  What for?: This records lets you choose an application between those you have installed, and save the password associated. Then you can launch it from BioWallet without having to remember the password again (it copies the password into the clipboard). Use it with apps like: facebook, others password managers…

  

• Name: Contact.
  Fields: title, name, email, phone.
  What for?: If you want to have secret contacts, you can store its information in this record. You can phone or mail him/her directly from BioWallet.

  

Common Record’s options:

• The records that have an URL will show an “Go” button. It is intended to open a browser directly pointing to that URL. If the record has also a password it will be copied to the clipboard automatically.
• If the record has a password, you can copy it without having to enter into the record. Make a long click on the record and select the “copy password” option that will appear on the context menu.
• Also if the record has a password, you can use the passwords generator tool. It lets you generate a high secure, random, long enough password with high level of security.

The application allows to create records directly from the dashboard (the record is stored in the default folder).

When you touch “Add Record”, the app shows a screen where you must select the record type that is more convenient. Then you must enter your information (title is always mandatory) and touch “Save” when finished. “Discard” won’t save any change.

The same way you can creat a record when you’re exploring your information making a long click so the context menu appears and selecting “add record”.

This option is also available in the device’s menu, on the “Add” icon.

Records may have attachments (see how to attach a file/documents to records)

BioWallet acts as a safe wallet (sensitive information and password manager). To explore this information, once you’ve proven your identity, you have the “Explorer” tool, available from dashboard. This will guide you to a navigator screen where you can create, visualize and organize your information.

With the explorer you can do:

• View, create, cute and paste folders and records
• Export your information
• Import information into BioWallet
• Access to settings

To make specific actions with folders or records you should use the long click on the specific folder/record. This way the context menu will show the options available: create, cut/paste… (depending which item was pulsed)

If you use the trackpad’s phone all these options will be also available on the phone’s menu.

Some examples:

Create a folder

To create a folder use the context menu and select “Add Folder”. Once you’ve selected it, a screen will be shown where you should introduce a name for the folder and a description (optional).

Cute and Paste

To cut a folder or record make a long click on the item you want to cut and select “Cut” on the context menu. After that, navigate with the explorer to the folder where you want to paste it and select “Paste” in the context menu or “Paste” in the app’s menu. In this example we’re moving the “Photos” folder into “Personal” folder.

BioWallet lets you search your information inside the application and directly from the Android Quick Search Box (using the search button of the phone).

Search inside BioWallet

Search your records quickly from BioWallet using the “Search” button of the dashboard or the Search button of the phone.

In the search screen, you can start typing and the search will automatically filter the records that begin with the same letters…Anytime you can touch a record and view its content.

Automatic filtering just works if the title of the records matches what you’re typing (the same way Android does). Anyway you can search as usually touching the “magnifier” button like in the example: searching “.com”

Search from Android (Quick Search Box)

BioWallet can be integrated, if you wish, with the Android Quick Search Box.

This feature is disabled by default. Take into account that all your information is stored encripted, and because of that neither the Android system nor others applications can obtain the information. For the search to work properly, the titles of you records must be stored not encripted (only the title, the rest is still encripted), that way Android could search into the record’s title from outside BioWallet.

If you wish to enable this feature you must do:

• Enable quick search box on BioWallet’s settings
• Make “searchable” the BioWallet’s record from Android’s settings. Go to “Settings of the phone –> Search –> Searchable items -> Enable BioWallet”.

This option, available from dashboard, lets you easily store and encrypt a file (photo, conversation, video, document…) inside BioWallet.

When you click on “Encrypt” a file browser, pointing to the sdcard, will be opened and you have to choose a file.

Once the file is seleted you should tell whether the original file should be deleted or not, and where to store the encrypted file (sdcard or application’s private memory).

The application will encrypt the file, it will be attached to a new Document Record stored in the default folder inside BioWallet. When you want to work with it, just export (decrypt) it to the sdcard and visualize with your preferred application.

The exporter is designed to make backup copies of your information.

The process will generate a .zip file in the sdcard (/sdcard/data/com.mobbeel/BioWallet_ExportProcessDate.zip), it will contain some .csv files (plain text separated with commas) representing the information you had stored into BioWallet.

In current version, the exported information is not encripted, so please be careful with that file.

Also, the exporter does not export the attachments, so if you have some attachments you should export them individually

You can invoke the export process from the menu in the dashboard or from the explorer

When you click on “Export” a screen will confirm the process and will show a notification message when its over.

The .zip file contains:

• FOLDER.CSV –> Contains the folder structurein BioWallet
• RECORD_CREDITCARD.CSV –> Contains the credit card’s records
• RECORD_INTERNET.CSV –> Contains the web site’s records
• RECORD_MAIL.CSV –> Contains the mail’s records
• …

A file “RECORD_*” will be created for each different type of record you had.

Maybe it is easier for you to introduce your sensitive information in your PC/Mac. You can create some example records in BioWallet, export this records, modify the .csv adding your infortion (without modify the structure of the .csv file), compress the file. zip again and import into BioWallet.

In next releases the export/import process will be improved and others importers will be added.

If you’re an user of Keepass, OI Safe, Secrets for Android or SplashID you can now import your information to BioWallet easily.

To import the information from these applications, you just have to select the file (previously exported following each app’s intructions) and follow these steps:

Invoke the import process from the menu in dashboard or from the explorer

Once you click on “Import” a screen will be shown where you have to select the source of the information(which applitacion are you importing from: BioWallet, Keepass…) and the file to be imported.

All files/folder will be imported into the default/base folder.

When the process is done a notification message appears.

BioWallet has its preferences in the Android way. They are accesible from the phone’s menu in the Dashboard or from the explorer.

In the seetings you can configure these things:

General Settings

• Splash Screen. Enable/Disable BioWallet initial animation
• Sound notification. Enable/Disable sound notificationes: access granted, access denied…
• Theme. Lets choose between the two available themes for the application: “Secure Box” or “Black Box”
• Inactivity Time.
  BioWallet handles “inactivity time” concept. It is defined as the amount of time that BioWallet keeps you identified when you stop interacting with the application (if you don’t use “logout” option). For example, if you are viewing a Web Site record and use it to open a web browser, the inactivity time starts counting; if that time reaches what you have defined here, then when you re-enter BioWallet again it will ask you to identify yourself again. This is a security measure to prevent anyone to access your private information
  A time picker will be shown that lets you choose your inactivity time.
• Logout when locked. This option is related to the inactivity time. If you enable it, when the phone is blocked your inactivity time will expire and BioWallet’s session will end. Next time you want to access your information you must authenticate yourself again.
• Signature Security Level. It allows you to modify the tolerance level of the recognition technology, making the algorithm more or less permissive. You can modify the level in this screen:

  

  In the captures you can see a scroll bar indicating the security level (-20% .. 20%). The less security level the easier to login into the application. “Test” button will guide you to a screen where you can sign, and the system will tell if this signature would be accepted or rejected with current level. This way you can test the security level, and get comfortable with it before changing the settings.

Search Settings

• global Quick Search Box. This option lets the Android system search into the record’s titles. If you enable it, the record’s title won’t be encrypted (the rest of information: user, passwords… are always encrypted).More aboot the search.

User’s Settings

• Personal Data. Modify your personal data: name, surname, photo. This data was configure in the sign up process.

  

• Storage information. Shows statistics about records, folders and attachments stored in BioWallet.
• Delete your stored information easily. This option allows you to delete all your stored information (folders, records and attachments) but keeping intact your signature template, personal info and settings.
• Register your signature again.
  
  This options lets you modify your initial register/sign-up in the app, you can modify your signature and your password, keeping all your information stored properly.
  
  If you use this options the wizard will show a screen with the access method you’ve used to authenticate enabled. The wizard will guide you in the re-register process, the same as it did in the initial enrollment.
  
  For security reasons you just can modify the current authenticated method.
  
  If in the initial enrollment you didn’t configure a method, e.g the password, you can register with this option anytime you want.
• Reset Aplicación. This will erase all data from BioWallet. It will delete your folders, records, settings and your sign-up signature into the system! Remember you can backup your data with the export tool. Once the reset is completed you must sign-up again in the system.

Unauthorized use

• Unauthorized Use. When someone, not you, tries to access your information and BioWallet detects it, you can configure what actions BioWallet should execute. Current version only lets you decide how many failed login attempts and much time the app is blocked (during this timee no one is capable of access into BioWallet, even you).
  Once you enable the setting, you can configure it in “Unauthorized use settings”:

  

  Number of available attemps the application will permit before blocking (5 by default).

  

  Amount of time the app will be blocked if the number of attempts is reached.

  

About

• Send feedback. This will open a browser directly to BioWallet’s UserEcho where you can post your comments, complaints, errors, suggestions… and see what other people are saying about BioWallet.
• Version. Shows the current version of the app.
• Authors. This options takes you to the Mobbeel website.

Generate more secure and random passwords and save then into BioWallet. No more need to remember a password again!

The Password Generator can be configured according to the needs.

When you’re creating a record that has a password field, the screen will show this button. If you touch it you’ll see this:

As seen on the captures, there is a password strengh (or security) indicator. It will depend on length, use of lowercase/uppercase…

If you “Generate” the password will be automatically copied into the password field of the record (where you can copy it later for other purposes).

If you have difficulties accessing with your signature into BioWallet you can modify the level security of the biometric recognition system, enable password authentication (login) or register your signature again without losing your stored information.

However, the application has a learning process and your signature template will be adapted. Once in a while, when you enter into BioWallet, the app will ask you in you want the last signature to be added to the template. This way your login will be easier.

You can store any type of file or document in BioWallet, it will be encrypted and no one but you could decrypt it. You can store a file:

• Use the encrypt option from the dashboard. It will create a document record with just one file attached.
• Add attachments to almost all record types. You have a tab called “Attach” in every record that allows attachments:

  

  You can attach a file making a long lick and selection “Add an attachment” or using the phone’s menu and selecting “Add”. In both cases, a file browser to the sdcard will appear and you would select a file to attach, encrypt and protect. These are the same encrypting options as mentioned before.

  

In the current version it has been added the possibility to take a picture and protect it directly from a record (option “Picture” of the menu). With this option the photo does not store in the phone’s gallery, it is stored encrypted only in BioWallet.

To visualize an attachment just touch it normally in the attach’s tab. Once the file is decrypted, the app will launch your default application for each file type. If you don’t have a default application, then the system will show a list of applications to visualize the file.

In the current versión, attachments are not exported in the export process. If you want to save or backup them, you must do it individually with each record. Follow these steps:

You can export an attachment making a long click on it and selecting “Export” or exporting every attachment within a record selecting “Export all”. Files are exported into /sdcard/data/com.mobbeel

In BioWallet you can perform actions on most items (records, folders…) by making a long click on them (holding your finger for a couple of seconds). Every option available in the context menu (when you make a long click) should be also available by selecting the element with the trackpad ball of the phone and using the phone’s menu. Remember BioWallet acts diferently if you do a normal click on a item and if you do a lonk click.

These are the permissions used by BioWallet Signature:

• Storage. Needed to store and work with encrypted information into sdcard
• “Services that cost you money” and “Phone Calls”. Needed to be able to make calls to your secrets contacts.