Your fingerprint phrase

Your fingerprint phrase is a short sequence of five simple words — something like alligator-crumb-velvet-anchor-tulip. It looks playful, but it does a serious job: it is a human-readable representation of your account’s public encryption key.

What it’s for

Whenever you need to confirm that a device or a session really belongs to your account — and not to someone impersonating it — you can compare fingerprint phrases. If the words match exactly, both sides hold the same keys. If even one word differs, stop and investigate.

Where to find it

• •Open Bitsecrets on your iPhone.
• •Go to Settings → Security.
• •Your fingerprint phrase is shown in the Fingerprint phrase section.

Good to know

• •The phrase is derived from your account's keys — it stays the same until your keys change.
• •It is not a password and unlocks nothing on its own; it's safe to read it aloud when comparing devices.
• •If two devices signed in to the same account ever show different phrases, contact us before going further.

Still unsure about something? Reach us at hello@bitsecrets.app — we’re happy to walk you through it.