From 68c53f8d43c6b1f6ecb707e34393ce192b7cf7a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Salim B Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2019 16:51:47 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Improve grammar and style of the Help screen in lesspass-mobile --- packages/lesspass-mobile/src/help/HelpScreen.js | 60 +++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-) diff --git a/packages/lesspass-mobile/src/help/HelpScreen.js b/packages/lesspass-mobile/src/help/HelpScreen.js index fa41e90..473042a 100644 --- a/packages/lesspass-mobile/src/help/HelpScreen.js +++ b/packages/lesspass-mobile/src/help/HelpScreen.js @@ -16,20 +16,21 @@ export default class HelpScreen extends Component { LessPass How does it works? - LessPass is a password manager that doesn't save any data. The site, - the login and the master password are mashed together with encryption - to create a secure password. It will always generate the same password - as long as those 3 parameters don't change. + LessPass is a password manager that doesn't store any data. It computes + a unique password using a site, login and a master password. You don't + need to sync a password vault across every device because LessPass works + offline! It will always generate the same password as long as those three + parameters don't change. Master password emoticons Your master password is the only thing you should keep in your head. - The emoticons on the right let you verify if you typed in the right - master password. You will have to wait a second or so before it shows - the good emoticons. Otherwise it'd be possible for a shoulder-peeker - to guess the password character-by-character instead of all at once, - with the former being trivial and the later impossible. + The emoticons on the right let you verify that you typed in the right + master password. You will have to wait a second or so before the final + emoticons appear (the delay is for security; if the emoticons were + shown instantly, a shoulder-peeker could derive your password based + on the series of displayed emoticons). Options Sometimes sites have specific password rules. For instance, some banks - only accept passwords made of digits. The application let you set - parameters for the generated password. Use the counter if you want to - change the generated password without changing your master password. + only accept passwords made of digits. LessPass lets you set parameters for + the generated password (the so called "password profile"). The counter in + particular allows you to generate a new password without having to change + your master password. Sign In - LessPass by default doesn't save any data. But you can if you want use - LessPass in a connected mode. This mode helps you to save password - profile needed to regenerate some passwords. A password’s profile is - everything except the master password and the generated password. - There is no critical information (a generated password encrypted for - example) in the LessPass database. + By default, LessPass works offline and doesn't send any data over the + network. For convenience, there's an optional connected mode. This mode + allows you to store the profiles necessary to generate your passwords on + our (or alternatively your own) LessPass server. This is especially useful + if many of your passwords are not based on the default profile (length of + 16 characters, all characters allowed). As a password profile does neither + include the master password nor the generated password, there is no + critical information sent to the server. - The sign in form ask for your master password. We use your master - password to create a LessPass generated password using a default - password profile. The master password is never send on our servers. If - you don't want to encrypt your passord, you can disable this option in - the settings + The sign-in form asks for your master password. By default, it is used to + generate a password for your LessPass account in the same way as for any other + site. This means the master password itself is never sent to our servers. + If for any reason you don't want to use such a LessPass-generated password + for your LessPass account, you can disable this in the settings. - Self Hosted LessPass Database + Self-hosted LessPass Database - If you are using a self hosted LessPass database, you can update the - base url in the settings. + If you are using a self-hosted LessPass database, you can change the base + url in the settings to point to your own server. Sign Out - You can sign out using the Sign Out button in the settings + You can sign out using the Sign Out button in the settings. Contributing You can read our contributing guide: @@ -88,7 +92,7 @@ export default class HelpScreen extends Component { Support - You still need some help? No problem, you can send us an email at + Still need some help? No problem, you can send us an email at contact@lesspass.com. You can write your email in english or french.