diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index 5582296..bfa15ec 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(libs.work.runtime)
     implementation(libs.okhttp)
     implementation(libs.kotlinx.serialization.json)
+    implementation(libs.kage)
 
     testImplementation(libs.junit)
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/no/naiv/meddetsamme/backup/AgeBackupCrypto.kt b/app/src/main/java/no/naiv/meddetsamme/backup/AgeBackupCrypto.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ffff681
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/no/naiv/meddetsamme/backup/AgeBackupCrypto.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package no.naiv.meddetsamme.backup
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream
+import kage.Age
+import kage.crypto.scrypt.ScryptIdentity
+import kage.crypto.scrypt.ScryptRecipient
+
+/**
+ * age (age-encryption.org/v1) in scrypt/passphrase mode via kage — the target
+ * format (brief decision #7): backups are decryptable on any machine with
+ * plain `age -d`, so this app can die without taking the data with it.
+ *
+ * kage is verified in unit tests against the age Community Cryptography Test
+ * Vectors (C2SP/CCTV) before being trusted here.
+ */
+object AgeBackupCrypto : BackupCrypto {
+
+    private val BINARY_MAGIC = "age-encryption.org/v1".toByteArray(Charsets.US_ASCII)
+    private val ARMOR_MAGIC = "-----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----".toByteArray(Charsets.US_ASCII)
+
+    /** age default work factor (2^18) — same cost `age -p` uses. */
+    private const val WORK_FACTOR = 18
+
+    override val formatId = "age"
+
+    override fun matches(data: ByteArray): Boolean =
+        data.startsWith(BINARY_MAGIC) || data.startsWith(ARMOR_MAGIC)
+
+    override fun encrypt(plaintext: ByteArray, passphrase: CharArray): ByteArray {
+        val out = ByteArrayOutputStream()
+        Age.encryptStream(
+            listOf(ScryptRecipient(passphrase.toUtf8Bytes(), WORK_FACTOR)),
+            ByteArrayInputStream(plaintext),
+            out,
+        )
+        return out.toByteArray()
+    }
+
+    override fun decrypt(ciphertext: ByteArray, passphrase: CharArray): ByteArray {
+        val out = ByteArrayOutputStream()
+        // kage throws kage.errors.* on wrong passphrase or malformed input.
+        Age.decryptStream(
+            listOf(ScryptIdentity(passphrase.toUtf8Bytes())),
+            ByteArrayInputStream(ciphertext),
+            out,
+        )
+        return out.toByteArray()
+    }
+
+    private fun ByteArray.startsWith(prefix: ByteArray): Boolean =
+        size >= prefix.size && copyOfRange(0, prefix.size).contentEquals(prefix)
+
+    private fun CharArray.toUtf8Bytes(): ByteArray = String(this).toByteArray(Charsets.UTF_8)
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/no/naiv/meddetsamme/backup/BackupCrypto.kt b/app/src/main/java/no/naiv/meddetsamme/backup/BackupCrypto.kt
index 01c50bb..0686950 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/no/naiv/meddetsamme/backup/BackupCrypto.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/no/naiv/meddetsamme/backup/BackupCrypto.kt
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ interface BackupCrypto {
     fun matches(data: ByteArray): Boolean
 
     companion object {
-        /** All known formats, preferred encryption format first. */
-        fun all(): List<BackupCrypto> = listOf(JceBackupCrypto)
+        /** All known formats, preferred encryption format first: age is the target. */
+        fun all(): List<BackupCrypto> = listOf(AgeBackupCrypto, JceBackupCrypto)
 
         fun detect(data: ByteArray): BackupCrypto? = all().firstOrNull { it.matches(data) }
     }
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/no/naiv/meddetsamme/backup/AgeBackupCryptoTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/no/naiv/meddetsamme/backup/AgeBackupCryptoTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3561836
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/no/naiv/meddetsamme/backup/AgeBackupCryptoTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package no.naiv.meddetsamme.backup
+
+import org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
+import org.junit.Assert.assertThrows
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Test
+
+class AgeBackupCryptoTest {
+
+    private val plaintext = """{"version":1,"medications":[]}""".toByteArray()
+    private val passphrase = "korrekt hest batteri stift".toCharArray()
+
+    @Test
+    fun `round trip with correct passphrase`() {
+        val ct = AgeBackupCrypto.encrypt(plaintext, passphrase)
+        assertArrayEquals(plaintext, AgeBackupCrypto.decrypt(ct, passphrase))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `output is a binary age v1 file`() {
+        val ct = AgeBackupCrypto.encrypt(plaintext, passphrase)
+        assertTrue(ct.decodeToString(0, 21) == "age-encryption.org/v1")
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `wrong passphrase throws`() {
+        val ct = AgeBackupCrypto.encrypt(plaintext, passphrase)
+        assertThrows(Exception::class.java) {
+            AgeBackupCrypto.decrypt(ct, "feil passord".toCharArray())
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `format detection prefers age and routes correctly`() {
+        val ageCt = AgeBackupCrypto.encrypt(plaintext, passphrase)
+        val jceCt = JceBackupCrypto.encrypt(plaintext, passphrase)
+        assertEquals(AgeBackupCrypto, BackupCrypto.detect(ageCt))
+        assertEquals(JceBackupCrypto, BackupCrypto.detect(jceCt))
+        assertFalse(JceBackupCrypto.matches(ageCt))
+        assertFalse(AgeBackupCrypto.matches(jceCt))
+        // age first = the format new backups are written in (the brief's target).
+        assertEquals(AgeBackupCrypto, BackupCrypto.all().first())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/no/naiv/meddetsamme/backup/CctvScryptVectorTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/no/naiv/meddetsamme/backup/CctvScryptVectorTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37592c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/no/naiv/meddetsamme/backup/CctvScryptVectorTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+package no.naiv.meddetsamme.backup
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream
+import java.security.MessageDigest
+import kage.Age
+import kage.crypto.scrypt.ScryptIdentity
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.fail
+import org.junit.Test
+
+/**
+ * Runs kage against the age Community Cryptography Test Vectors
+ * (github.com/C2SP/CCTV, `age/testdata`, scrypt subset) — the brief's gate
+ * for trusting the age implementation with medication data.
+ *
+ * Vector format: "key: value" header lines, blank line, then the raw age file.
+ * expect: success → decrypt must succeed AND the payload SHA-256 must match;
+ * anything else (header failure / no match / …) → decrypt must throw.
+ */
+class CctvScryptVectorTest {
+
+    private val successVectors = listOf("scrypt", "armor_scrypt")
+    private val failureVectors = listOf(
+        "scrypt_bad_tag", "scrypt_double", "scrypt_extra_argument",
+        "scrypt_long_file_key", "scrypt_no_match", "scrypt_not_canonical_body",
+        "scrypt_not_canonical_salt", "scrypt_salt_long", "scrypt_salt_missing",
+        "scrypt_salt_short", "scrypt_uppercase", "scrypt_work_factor_23",
+        "scrypt_work_factor_missing", "scrypt_work_factor_negative",
+        "scrypt_work_factor_overflow", "scrypt_work_factor_wrong",
+        "scrypt_work_factor_zero",
+    )
+
+    @Test
+    fun `success vectors decrypt and payload hashes match`() {
+        for (name in successVectors) {
+            val v = load(name)
+            assertEquals("$name: expect header", "success", v.headers["expect"])
+            val out = ByteArrayOutputStream()
+            Age.decryptStream(
+                listOf(ScryptIdentity(v.headers.getValue("passphrase").toByteArray())),
+                ByteArrayInputStream(v.body),
+                out,
+            )
+            val hash = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256").digest(out.toByteArray())
+                .joinToString("") { "%02x".format(it) }
+            assertEquals("$name: payload hash", v.headers["payload"], hash)
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `failure vectors are all rejected`() {
+        for (name in failureVectors) {
+            val v = load(name)
+            val passphrase = v.headers["passphrase"] ?: "password"
+            try {
+                val out = ByteArrayOutputStream()
+                Age.decryptStream(
+                    listOf(ScryptIdentity(passphrase.toByteArray())),
+                    ByteArrayInputStream(v.body),
+                    out,
+                )
+                fail("$name (expect: ${v.headers["expect"]}) decrypted but must be rejected")
+            } catch (_: Exception) {
+                // expected — any rejection is a pass for non-success vectors
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class Vector(val headers: Map<String, String>, val body: ByteArray)
+
+    private fun load(name: String): Vector {
+        val bytes = checkNotNull(javaClass.classLoader.getResourceAsStream("cctv/$name")) {
+            "missing test resource cctv/$name"
+        }.readBytes()
+
+        // Header/body split at the first blank line; body is binary, so no
+        // string round-trip for it.
+        var split = -1
+        for (i in 0 until bytes.size - 1) {
+            if (bytes[i] == '\n'.code.toByte() && bytes[i + 1] == '\n'.code.toByte()) {
+                split = i; break
+            }
+        }
+        check(split > 0) { "$name: no blank line found" }
+
+        val headers = String(bytes, 0, split, Charsets.UTF_8).lines()
+            .filter { it.isNotBlank() }
+            .associate { line ->
+                val (k, v) = line.split(": ", limit = 2)
+                k to v
+            }
+        return Vector(headers, bytes.copyOfRange(split + 2, bytes.size))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/test/resources/cctv/armor_scrypt b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/armor_scrypt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51e4092
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/armor_scrypt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+expect: success
+payload: 013f54400c82da08037759ada907a8b864e97de81c088a182062c4b5622fd2ab
+file key: 59454c4c4f57205355424d4152494e45
+passphrase: password
+armored: yes
+
+-----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
+YWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IHNjcnlwdCByRjAvTndibFVISFRwZ1Fn
+UnBlNUNRIDEwCmdVakV5bUZLTVZYUUVLZE1NSEwyNG9ZZXhqRTNUSUMwTzB6R1Nx
+SjJhVVkKLS0tIElPWGlRWVN0a29UMW12WlcydEZPcVpkaFJWdmo1OGVnQUJ4L3NX
+ZlpRYmMKGzXG5ofdANo6w3msn3QsIf0YWhuePe1znRSsappQEk24Ztg=
+-----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
diff --git a/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57dd08f
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt differ
diff --git a/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_bad_tag b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_bad_tag
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b47512f
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_bad_tag differ
diff --git a/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_double b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_double
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da069ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_double
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+expect: header failure
+file key: 59454c4c4f57205355424d4152494e45
+passphrase: password
+passphrase: hunter2
+comment: scrypt stanzas must be alone in the header
+
+age-encryption.org/v1
+-> scrypt rF0/NwblUHHTpgQgRpe5CQ 10
+gUjEymFKMVXQEKdMMHL24oYexjE3TIC0O0zGSqJ2aUY
+-> scrypt GzXG5ofdANo6w3msn3QsIQ 10
+OveITuwxakv7k2oLnioNYF4Bhgz9KZ36pb098wDoAv8
+--- a5d+4Ay1evJhoDskIzuTZV9bBgKk4573VZNfuoWJDPE
+îÏbÇΑ´3'NhÔòùL·L[þ÷¾ªRÈð¼™,ƒ1ûf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_extra_argument b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_extra_argument
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fa92ee
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_extra_argument differ
diff --git a/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_long_file_key b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_long_file_key
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..669c222
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_long_file_key differ
diff --git a/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_no_match b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_no_match
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d090e1
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_no_match differ
diff --git a/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_not_canonical_body b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_not_canonical_body
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65298af
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_not_canonical_body differ
diff --git a/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_not_canonical_salt b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_not_canonical_salt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50741d5
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_not_canonical_salt differ
diff --git a/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_salt_long b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_salt_long
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66e37f9
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_salt_long differ
diff --git a/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_salt_missing b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_salt_missing
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..880b0e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_salt_missing
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+expect: header failure
+file key: 59454c4c4f57205355424d4152494e45
+passphrase: password
+
+age-encryption.org/v1
+-> scrypt 10
+W0mMthyhNJOV3debCwkQcUlNx/i6Ss/A07aQCrG5Gcw
+--- 1QsPcEbBSylfP4apakJqtDBJMrpd81rPuSLTCvdZx6E
+¬]?7åPqÓ¦ F—¹	•Â÷õÛ®è
z
Œ(rŠóÎ|
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_salt_short b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_salt_short
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a95f460
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_salt_short differ
diff --git a/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_uppercase b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_uppercase
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88bd1e4
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_uppercase differ
diff --git a/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_work_factor_23 b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_work_factor_23
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d286be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_work_factor_23
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+expect: header failure
+file key: 59454c4c4f57205355424d4152494e45
+passphrase: password
+comment: work factor is very high, would take a long time to compute
+
+age-encryption.org/v1
+-> scrypt rF0/NwblUHHTpgQgRpe5CQ 23
+qW9eVsT0NVb/Vswtw8kPIxUnaYmm9Px1dYmq2+4+qZA
+--- 38TpQMxQRRNMfmYYpBX6DDrPx4/QY5UmJnhPyVoX/cw
+¬]?7åPqÓ¦ F—¹	•Â÷õÛ®è
z
Œ(rŠóÎ|
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_work_factor_missing b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_work_factor_missing
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62c14e2
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_work_factor_missing differ
diff --git a/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_work_factor_negative b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_work_factor_negative
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eaf5400
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_work_factor_negative differ
diff --git a/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_work_factor_overflow b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_work_factor_overflow
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03aeb03
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_work_factor_overflow differ
diff --git a/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_work_factor_wrong b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_work_factor_wrong
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..209e1f6
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_work_factor_wrong differ
diff --git a/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_work_factor_zero b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_work_factor_zero
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d8c278
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/src/test/resources/cctv/scrypt_work_factor_zero differ
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index ed94c2c..a97398e 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ work = "2.11.2"
 okhttp = "5.4.0"
 coroutines = "1.11.0"
 serializationJson = "1.11.0"
+kage = "0.4.0"
 junit = "4.13.2"
 
 [libraries]
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ work-runtime = { group = "androidx.work", name = "work-runtime", version.ref = "
 okhttp = { group = "com.squareup.okhttp3", name = "okhttp", version.ref = "okhttp" }
 kotlinx-coroutines-android = { group = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx", name = "kotlinx-coroutines-android", version.ref = "coroutines" }
 kotlinx-serialization-json = { group = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx", name = "kotlinx-serialization-json", version.ref = "serializationJson" }
+kage = { group = "com.github.android-password-store", name = "kage", version.ref = "kage" }
 junit = { group = "junit", name = "junit", version.ref = "junit" }
 
 [plugins]