OSL — what it looks like

Real screenshots of the Windows build, in the order a person meets them. Nothing here is a mock-up: every image is the shipping application running on Windows.

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Setting OSL up, in order

Thirteen real screenshots of the shipping Windows build, captured from a live Windows session. This is every screen a new person meets, in the order they meet it.

First launch. Create an account, or restore one from a recovery phrase.
1First launch. Create an account, or restore one from a recovery phrase.
Choosing a password. This password is the only thing that opens the profile.
2Choosing a password. This password is the only thing that opens the profile.
The recovery kit. Lose every device and this kit, and the account is gone for good — so the app says so plainly here.
3The recovery kit. Lose every device and this kit, and the account is gone for good — so the app says so plainly here.
How people find you: a searchable public name, or no public name at all.
4How people find you: a searchable public name, or no public name at all.
The tier this identity is created under.
5The tier this identity is created under.
How careful OSL should be by default.
6How careful OSL should be by default.
Whether to route the connection over Tor.
7Whether to route the connection over Tor.
What happens to messages by default — expiry, view-once, burn.
8What happens to messages by default — expiry, view-once, burn.
How OSL puts a message into another app: manually, or automatically.
9How OSL puts a message into another app: manually, or automatically.
Cover insertion — the ordinary-looking message the real one hides inside.
10Cover insertion — the ordinary-looking message the real one hides inside.
What OSL should clean off this device, and how much room to use.
11What OSL should clean off this device, and how much room to use.
Importing which accounts you already have, from the browsers on this machine.
12Importing which accounts you already have, from the browsers on this machine.
The apps OSL found installed and can carry messages through.
13The apps OSL found installed and can carry messages through.

The eye — reading the real message

OSL's overlay revealing what a message actually says, over the carrier that is only showing the cover. — NOT CAPTURED YET. This is being captured from the running Windows build; the section fills itself in when it lands.

The composer — protection off and on

The same message written with protection off, then on. This is the difference the whole product exists to create. — NOT CAPTURED YET. This is being captured from the running Windows build; the section fills itself in when it lands.

Conversations — Discord and Telegram, both directions

What an onlooker sees in the carrier app. Message content is seeded demonstration content between the owner's own accounts.

001 telegram zhao to osl carrier
1001 telegram zhao to osl carrierSYNTHETIC — demonstration content, not a real send
002 telegram zhao to osl synthetic private view
2002 telegram zhao to osl synthetic private viewSYNTHETIC — demonstration content, not a real send
003 telegram osl to zhao carrier
3003 telegram osl to zhao carrierSYNTHETIC — demonstration content, not a real send
004 telegram osl to zhao synthetic private view
4004 telegram osl to zhao synthetic private viewSYNTHETIC — demonstration content, not a real send
005 discord canary to ptb carrier
5005 discord canary to ptb carrierSYNTHETIC — demonstration content, not a real send
006 discord canary to ptb synthetic private view
6006 discord canary to ptb synthetic private viewSYNTHETIC — demonstration content, not a real send
007 discord ptb to canary carrier
7007 discord ptb to canary carrierSYNTHETIC — demonstration content, not a real send
008 discord ptb to canary synthetic private view
8008 discord ptb to canary synthetic private viewSYNTHETIC — demonstration content, not a real send

Scrub and AutoScrub

Scrub finding things and presenting them for review. AutoScrub is FIND-ONLY — it never deletes automatically. — NOT CAPTURED YET. This is being captured from the running Windows build; the section fills itself in when it lands.