Your mail is encrypted and only opens on your own devices. But what if your phone and computer are both gone, and your recovery code too? Then three people you trust bring you back in together — without any one of them ever reaching your mail.
Your key is split into three pieces — one per person. Two pieces together open the lock. One piece alone does nothing.
How it protects you
Your recovery key is split and shared across three trusted Plof users. One piece is mathematically worthless — no partial access, no hint.
Only when two of your three emergency contacts approve together does your key come back. No one can do it alone.
Your emergency contacts can help you recover, but they can never read your mail. Their piece opens your key for you — not for themselves.
How recovery works
Pick three people you trust who also use Plof. Each automatically receives one encrypted piece of your key.
Stuck on a new device? Start a recovery request. Your contacts get a message right away by WhatsApp or email.
Two of your three contacts confirm in their own Plof that it is really you. Together they bring your key back.
As the final step you confirm with your bank that it is you. Then your mail is yours again — on your new device.
The double lock. Two trusted people prove they trust you; iDIN proves it is really you. An attacker would need the pieces of several people and access to your bank — and even then never secretly, because you see every request.
A few minutes of work, and you will never be locked out again. Find it in your mailbox under Settings.
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