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Features · 2 of 4

# Guests, permissions and pairing.

Let someone in without an account, decide exactly who sees what, and pair a phone by scanning a code.

Guests, on your terms

## Let someone in without creating an account for them.

A one-off handoff no longer means setting up a user on your machine. Mark a file for everyone, and a guest who has the key and the code can download exactly that — and see nothing else. Anyone who needs more signs in as a user you created, and sees the public files plus whatever is shared with them.

- Guests see only the files you marked for everyone
- The panel tells you how many that is before you share a key
- Signing in adds private files on top, never replaces them

Access control

## You decide exactly who can see what.

Share a file publicly on your LAN, with named people, or with a whole group. Bundle files into virtual folders and apply one set of permissions to everything inside in a single step, so large sets stay organised and correctly locked.

- Per-user and per-group permissions
- Virtual folders: one permission set, applied in one step
- Per-file descriptions for context, set by the sender

QR device pairing

## Scan a code. You're connected.

Open the mobile app, scan the QR code shown on the desktop app, and the two are paired — no account, no typing an address or a connection string by hand.

- No typing, no account required
- Available on every tier
- Android now; iOS in development

[Previous Sending, and the two keys at the door.](https://royalsoftworks.com/products/privatta/features/sending/) [Next On your computer, in your pocket, up to date.](https://royalsoftworks.com/products/privatta/features/everywhere/)

[All of Privatta features](https://royalsoftworks.com/products/privatta/features/)

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