Srarna supports end-to-end encrypted sharing of your photos and videos.
This ensures that your shared photos and videos are only accessible to the people you choose, without being visible to anyone else. The files remain encrypted at all times, and only the recipients receive the decryption keys.
- If the person you want to share with is already on Srarna, you can share an album with them by entering their email address.
- If they are not on Srarna yet, you can send them an invite, and then share with them once they’ve signed up.
- Alternatively, you can create public links to share albums with people who are not on Srarna.
Public links also maintain end-to-end encryption, ensuring secure sharing. However, the decryption keys are part of the public link, so be aware that anyone with the link can share it with others.
Both shared albums and public links allow for collaboration.
Links
You can create links to your albums by opening an album and clicking on the Share icon. These links are publicly accessible by anyone you share them with, and they don't need an app or account.
These links can be password protected or set to expire after a certain period.
Albums
If your loved ones are already on Srarna, you can share an album with their registered email address.
For close connections like partners, you can share your Camera folder on Android or Recents on iOS. Any new photos you take will automatically be accessible on your partner's device.
Collaboration
You can allow other Srarna users to add photos to your album. This is a great way to build an album together with someone. You can control access to the same album by assigning roles such as Collaborator or Viewer.
If you want to collect photos from people who are not on Srarna, you can do so using Links. Simply enable the "Allow uploads" option, and anyone with access to the link can add photos to your album.
Technical Details
More information, including the technical aspects of how the sharing features were implemented, can be found in various blog posts announcing these features.
- Collaborative albums
- Collect photos from people not on Srarna
- Shareable links for albums and their underlying technical implementation. Since then, we have also added the ability to password protect public links and configure a duration after which the link will automatically expire.
We are currently working on other requested features around sharing, including comments and reactions.