1*e7b1675dSTing-Kang Chang# Tink 2*e7b1675dSTing-Kang Chang 3*e7b1675dSTing-Kang ChangUsing crypto in your application shouldn't have to feel like juggling chainsaws 4*e7b1675dSTing-Kang Changin the dark. Tink is a crypto library written by a group of cryptographers and 5*e7b1675dSTing-Kang Changsecurity engineers at Google. It was born out of our extensive experience 6*e7b1675dSTing-Kang Changworking with Google's product teams, fixing weaknesses in implementations, and 7*e7b1675dSTing-Kang Changproviding simple APIs that can be used safely without needing a crypto 8*e7b1675dSTing-Kang Changbackground. 9*e7b1675dSTing-Kang Chang 10*e7b1675dSTing-Kang ChangTink provides secure APIs that are easy to use correctly and hard(er) to misuse. 11*e7b1675dSTing-Kang ChangIt reduces common crypto pitfalls with user-centered design, careful 12*e7b1675dSTing-Kang Changimplementation and code reviews, and extensive testing. At Google, Tink is 13*e7b1675dSTing-Kang Changalready being used to secure data of many products such as AdMob, Google Pay, 14*e7b1675dSTing-Kang ChangGoogle Assistant, Firebase, the Android Search App, etc. 15*e7b1675dSTing-Kang Chang 16*e7b1675dSTing-Kang Chang## Documentation 17*e7b1675dSTing-Kang Chang 18*e7b1675dSTing-Kang ChangFor an overview of using Tink in Python, see https://developers.google.com/tink. 19*e7b1675dSTing-Kang Chang 20*e7b1675dSTing-Kang ChangIn addition, there are illustrative [examples of using Tink 21*e7b1675dSTing-Kang ChangPython](https://github.com/google/tink/tree/master/python/examples/) which can 22*e7b1675dSTing-Kang Changused as a jumping off point. 23