Alibi
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PROCEDURE MANUAL

How to choose the monitored apps

Alibi records nothing until you choose the apps. There are two parts: granting notification access in Android and turning on the apps you want to keep. It takes less than a minute.

Screenshots taken on Android 16. The apps in the list are fictional. On other devices, the system screens may have a different name and look.

PART 1 · NOTIFICATION ACCESS

  1. Alibi’s Proofs screen with the notice “Notification access is off” and the “Open system settings” button.

    STEP 01

    Open Alibi and tap the notice

    The first time, tap “Open the proof archive”. At the top of the Proofs screen you’ll see the notice “Notification access is off”: tap “Open system settings”.

  2. “Before you continue” dialog explaining notification access, with the “Not now” and “Agree and continue” buttons.

    STEP 02

    Read the notice and continue

    Before opening Android, Alibi explains what it will read and where it keeps it: only the apps you choose, all on this device, in an encrypted database. If you agree, tap “Agree and continue”.

  3. Android screen “Notification read, reply & control” with the confirmation “Allow notification access for Alibi?”.

    STEP 03

    Turn Alibi on in Android

    Android opens the list of apps with notification access. Tap “Alibi”, turn on “Allow notification access” and confirm with “Allow”. Then go back to Alibi.

    On some devices this screen is called “Notification access” or “Device & app notifications”. You can revoke access there at any time.

PART 2 · CHOOSING THE APPS

  1. Alibi’s Settings tab, with the “Monitored apps” option under Recording.

    STEP 04

    Open “Monitored apps”

    In the “Settings” tab, under Recording, tap “Monitored apps”. While no app is chosen, the “Choose apps” button in the “Apps” tab takes you to the same screen.

  2. “Monitored apps” screen with three apps turned on: Chat, Mail and My Bank. Search for “ban” on the “Monitored apps” screen, showing only the My Bank app.

    STEP 05

    Turn on the apps you want to keep

    The list shows your installed apps, all turned off. Turn on the switch of each app whose notifications you want to keep. The counter at the top shows how many are under watch.

    Use “Search apps by name” to find an app quickly. “Select all” and “Clear selection” apply to the apps currently in the list, including after a search. Choose only what you need.

  3. Senders screen for the Chat app in “Only these” mode, with the names Marina and Work.

    STEP 06 OPTIONAL

    Filter by sender

    Apps that are turned on show “Senders: all ›”. Tap it to choose between “All”, “Only these” or “All but these” and add the names as they appear in the notification. Part of the name is enough: “Mark” matches “Mark Smith”.

  4. Alibi’s Apps tab showing the three apps under watch.

    STEP 07

    Done: the archive is open

    The “Apps” tab shows the apps you chose. From now on, every notification that arrives from them becomes a numbered proof. Tap an app to see its proofs organized by date.

    To stop recording an app, turn off its switch in “Monitored apps”. Remember that only what arrives as a notification is kept: muted conversations in messaging apps don’t produce notifications.

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