Reading as device:?
Reading as deviceEach message is sealed separately for every recipient device. Pick a device here to decrypt the transcript with that device's key — exactly what that person would see. In a real deployment only the device's owner holds its private key.
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- the Board Chair · 8/6/2026, 6:07:28 AMLocking the run-of-show by Friday. Keep this channel tight.
- Chief of Staff · 8/6/2026, 6:07:28 AMCopy. Green room and motorcade timing confirmed.
- Summit Lead · 8/6/2026, 6:07:28 AMStage and AV walk-through tomorrow at 0900.
- Comms Director · 8/6/2026, 6:07:28 AMEmbargoed remarks drafted — sending the sealed version here only.
What the server actually stores?
On-the-wire envelopeThis is the raw record the server keeps for the latest message: iv (a one-time nonce), eph_pub (the sender's per-message public key), and ciphertext (the sealed bytes). There is no plaintext column anywhere — only a holder of the recipient device's private key can read the message.
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On-the-wire envelopeThis is the raw record the server keeps for the latest message: iv (a one-time nonce), eph_pub (the sender's per-message public key), and ciphertext (the sealed bytes). There is no plaintext column anywhere — only a holder of the recipient device's private key can read the message.
wire.envelope
$ halo show --raw --lastiv: Rha/tZWcJu+DXnUVeph_pub: MCowBQYDK2VuAyEAiV38ugU32uS7cbjclgK8fX1m9Lwd…ciphertext:r5EzzmYMwJa5VgyafYFYSx1g/kF/CIPoc3iZs+t02/XN…plaintext: <never stored on server>