Creating Your Passphrase

Freedom® can protect your personal information using a passphrase. You have the choice to enable or disable Freedom's passphrase protection.

If you enable the passphrase protection, you must enter your passphrase each time you start Freedom. This prevents anyone from being able to use your nym or have access to your personal and credit card information. Your passphrase should be easy for you to remember but not easy for someone else to guess. Your passphrase should be at least eight (8) characters long. It can include upper or lower case letters, numbers, spaces, as well as the dot (.), dash (-), and underscore (_) characters.

Warning: If you forget your passphrase, you will be unable to start Freedom or use your nyms. Nobody, not even Zero-Knowledge®, will be able to help you retrieve it. You may wish to write your passphrase on a piece of paper, seal it in an envelope, and hide it in a safe place—just in case you need it.

To create your Freedom passphrase:

1.Type your passphrase in the New Passphrase text box.

2.Confirm your passphrase by typing it again in the Confirm New Passphrase text box.

3.Click Next.

To disable use of the Freedom passphrase:

You can create or change your passphrase any time after you complete the Freedom Setup Wizard. The Disabling/Re-enabling the Freedom Passphrase help topic explains how to do this.

Next:

Redeem your Activation Code (premium services only)

Create your First Nym

Note: If you click Cancel before completing the Freedom Setup Wizard, Freedom will quit. The Freedom Setup Wizard appears again when you restart Freedom.

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