https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/17382/does-pairing-occur-every-time-there-is-a-connectionI am using an NRF52 dev board to develops a device that connects to an Android and IOS device. I am unclear on where pairing comes into play with relation to connecting. For example I started off with the SDK example project BLE Peripheral Templateen-USTelligent Community 13Thu, 27 Oct 2016 16:50:35 GMThttps://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/66829?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 27 Oct 2016 16:50:35 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:de2be368-5fed-4728-a542-89d6942ad9e3Tgage<p>Great thanks for the clarification. Just what I needed!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/66828?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 27 Oct 2016 16:38:27 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:26ff08c3-105e-48f0-8b58-842a55a5ed86Sigurd<p>No, a connection between two devices does not imply that the devices are paired. Pairing is a procedure where encryption keys are exchanged between the devices, and a encrypted link is established between the devices. An ordinary connection is not encrypted or secure, so in order to share secure data, the devices needs to be paired.</p> <p>If you want to enable pairing in your project, you need to add the <a href="http://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/topic/com.nordic.infocenter.sdk5.v12.0.0/lib_peer_manager.html?cp=4_0_0_3_1_8">Peer Manager</a>.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>