diff --git a/briar-api/src/org/briarproject/api/crypto/CryptoComponent.java b/briar-api/src/org/briarproject/api/crypto/CryptoComponent.java
index dedcafbff7896a3a1b8c957c3e73643d2eef04c6..924afbde7c620767b6aa2342117cbf090e38e39c 100644
--- a/briar-api/src/org/briarproject/api/crypto/CryptoComponent.java
+++ b/briar-api/src/org/briarproject/api/crypto/CryptoComponent.java
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package org.briarproject.api.crypto;
 import org.briarproject.api.TransportId;
 import org.briarproject.api.transport.TransportKeys;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;
 import java.security.SecureRandom;
 
@@ -163,5 +162,11 @@ public interface CryptoComponent {
 	/**
 	 * Encrypts the given plaintext to the given public key.
 	 */
-	String encryptToKey(PublicKey publicKey, byte[] plaintext);
+	byte[] encryptToKey(PublicKey publicKey, byte[] plaintext);
+
+	/**
+	 * Encodes the given data as a hex string divided into lines of the given
+	 * length. The line terminator is CRLF.
+	 */
+	String asciiArmour(byte[] b, int lineLength);
 }
diff --git a/briar-core/src/org/briarproject/crypto/CryptoComponentImpl.java b/briar-core/src/org/briarproject/crypto/CryptoComponentImpl.java
index 2411e51989c57386115b767025eec02f3e4068b3..459ee6b9280eee3e976e42d2e31f6d546ddad7ca 100644
--- a/briar-core/src/org/briarproject/crypto/CryptoComponentImpl.java
+++ b/briar-core/src/org/briarproject/crypto/CryptoComponentImpl.java
@@ -120,20 +120,24 @@ class CryptoComponentImpl implements CryptoComponent {
 		messageEncrypter = new MessageEncrypter(secureRandom);
 	}
 
+	@Override
 	public SecretKey generateSecretKey() {
 		byte[] b = new byte[SecretKey.LENGTH];
 		secureRandom.nextBytes(b);
 		return new SecretKey(b);
 	}
 
+	@Override
 	public MessageDigest getMessageDigest() {
 		return new DigestWrapper(new Blake2sDigest());
 	}
 
+	@Override
 	public PseudoRandom getPseudoRandom(int seed1, int seed2) {
 		return new PseudoRandomImpl(seed1, seed2);
 	}
 
+	@Override
 	public SecureRandom getSecureRandom() {
 		return secureRandom;
 	}
@@ -157,10 +161,12 @@ class CryptoComponentImpl implements CryptoComponent {
 		return secret;
 	}
 
+	@Override
 	public Signature getSignature() {
 		return new SignatureImpl(secureRandom);
 	}
 
+	@Override
 	public KeyPair generateAgreementKeyPair() {
 		AsymmetricCipherKeyPair keyPair =
 				agreementKeyPairGenerator.generateKeyPair();
@@ -176,10 +182,12 @@ class CryptoComponentImpl implements CryptoComponent {
 		return new KeyPair(publicKey, privateKey);
 	}
 
+	@Override
 	public KeyParser getAgreementKeyParser() {
 		return agreementKeyParser;
 	}
 
+	@Override
 	public KeyPair generateSignatureKeyPair() {
 		AsymmetricCipherKeyPair keyPair =
 				signatureKeyPairGenerator.generateKeyPair();
@@ -195,14 +203,17 @@ class CryptoComponentImpl implements CryptoComponent {
 		return new KeyPair(publicKey, privateKey);
 	}
 
+	@Override
 	public KeyParser getSignatureKeyParser() {
 		return signatureKeyParser;
 	}
 
+	@Override
 	public KeyParser getMessageKeyParser() {
 		return messageEncrypter.getKeyParser();
 	}
 
+	@Override
 	public int generateBTInvitationCode() {
 		int codeBytes = (CODE_BITS + 7) / 8;
 		byte[] random = new byte[codeBytes];
@@ -210,21 +221,25 @@ class CryptoComponentImpl implements CryptoComponent {
 		return ByteUtils.readUint(random, CODE_BITS);
 	}
 
+	@Override
 	public int deriveBTConfirmationCode(SecretKey master, boolean alice) {
 		byte[] b = macKdf(master, alice ? BT_A_CONFIRM : BT_B_CONFIRM);
 		return ByteUtils.readUint(b, CODE_BITS);
 	}
 
+	@Override
 	public SecretKey deriveHeaderKey(SecretKey master,
 			boolean alice) {
 		return new SecretKey(macKdf(master, alice ? A_INVITE : B_INVITE));
 	}
 
+	@Override
 	public byte[] deriveSignatureNonce(SecretKey master,
 			boolean alice) {
 		return macKdf(master, alice ? A_SIG_NONCE : B_SIG_NONCE);
 	}
 
+	@Override
 	public byte[] deriveKeyCommitment(byte[] publicKey) {
 		byte[] hash = hash(COMMIT, publicKey);
 		// The output is the first COMMIT_LENGTH bytes of the hash
@@ -233,6 +248,7 @@ class CryptoComponentImpl implements CryptoComponent {
 		return commitment;
 	}
 
+	@Override
 	public SecretKey deriveSharedSecret(byte[] theirPublicKey,
 			KeyPair ourKeyPair, boolean alice) throws GeneralSecurityException {
 		PrivateKey ourPriv = ourKeyPair.getPrivate();
@@ -249,6 +265,7 @@ class CryptoComponentImpl implements CryptoComponent {
 		return new SecretKey(hash(SHARED_SECRET, raw, alicePub, bobPub));
 	}
 
+	@Override
 	public byte[] deriveConfirmationRecord(SecretKey sharedSecret,
 			byte[] theirPayload, byte[] ourPayload, byte[] theirPublicKey,
 			KeyPair ourKeyPair, boolean alice, boolean aliceRecord) {
@@ -271,16 +288,19 @@ class CryptoComponentImpl implements CryptoComponent {
 			return macKdf(ck, bobPayload, bobPub, alicePayload, alicePub);
 	}
 
+	@Override
 	public SecretKey deriveMasterSecret(SecretKey sharedSecret) {
 		return new SecretKey(macKdf(sharedSecret, MASTER_KEY));
 	}
 
+	@Override
 	public SecretKey deriveMasterSecret(byte[] theirPublicKey,
 			KeyPair ourKeyPair, boolean alice) throws GeneralSecurityException {
 		return deriveMasterSecret(deriveSharedSecret(
 				theirPublicKey,ourKeyPair, alice));
 	}
 
+	@Override
 	public TransportKeys deriveTransportKeys(TransportId t,
 			SecretKey master, long rotationPeriod, boolean alice) {
 		// Keys for the previous period are derived from the master secret
@@ -308,6 +328,7 @@ class CryptoComponentImpl implements CryptoComponent {
 		return new TransportKeys(t, inPrev, inCurr, inNext, outCurr);
 	}
 
+	@Override
 	public TransportKeys rotateTransportKeys(TransportKeys k,
 			long rotationPeriod) {
 		if (k.getRotationPeriod() >= rotationPeriod) return k;
@@ -350,6 +371,7 @@ class CryptoComponentImpl implements CryptoComponent {
 		return new SecretKey(macKdf(master, alice ? A_HEADER : B_HEADER, id));
 	}
 
+	@Override
 	public void encodeTag(byte[] tag, SecretKey tagKey, long streamNumber) {
 		if (tag.length < TAG_LENGTH) throw new IllegalArgumentException();
 		if (streamNumber < 0 || streamNumber > MAX_32_BIT_UNSIGNED)
@@ -369,6 +391,7 @@ class CryptoComponentImpl implements CryptoComponent {
 		System.arraycopy(mac, 0, tag, 0, TAG_LENGTH);
 	}
 
+	@Override
 	public byte[] hash(byte[]... inputs) {
 		MessageDigest digest = getMessageDigest();
 		byte[] length = new byte[INT_32_BYTES];
@@ -380,6 +403,7 @@ class CryptoComponentImpl implements CryptoComponent {
 		return digest.digest();
 	}
 
+	@Override
 	public byte[] encryptWithPassword(byte[] input, String password) {
 		AuthenticatedCipher cipher = new XSalsa20Poly1305AuthenticatedCipher();
 		int macBytes = cipher.getMacBytes();
@@ -411,6 +435,7 @@ class CryptoComponentImpl implements CryptoComponent {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Override
 	public byte[] decryptWithPassword(byte[] input, String password) {
 		AuthenticatedCipher cipher = new XSalsa20Poly1305AuthenticatedCipher();
 		int macBytes = cipher.getMacBytes();
@@ -445,15 +470,20 @@ class CryptoComponentImpl implements CryptoComponent {
 		}
 	}
 
-	public String encryptToKey(PublicKey publicKey, byte[] plaintext) {
+	@Override
+	public byte[] encryptToKey(PublicKey publicKey, byte[] plaintext) {
 		try {
-			byte[] ciphertext = messageEncrypter.encrypt(publicKey, plaintext);
-			return AsciiArmour.wrap(ciphertext, 70);
+			return messageEncrypter.encrypt(publicKey, plaintext);
 		} catch (CryptoException e) {
 			throw new RuntimeException(e);
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public String asciiArmour(byte[] b, int lineLength) {
+		return AsciiArmour.wrap(b, lineLength);
+	}
+
 	// Key derivation function based on a pseudo-random function - see
 	// NIST SP 800-108, section 5.1
 	private byte[] macKdf(SecretKey key, byte[]... inputs) {
diff --git a/briar-core/src/org/briarproject/reporting/DevReporterImpl.java b/briar-core/src/org/briarproject/reporting/DevReporterImpl.java
index 6d5c49f73a7a6917d385c10d8e535fa81a65f1a4..52bab15338ca3ba91652169bfb63c244afecbbb4 100644
--- a/briar-core/src/org/briarproject/reporting/DevReporterImpl.java
+++ b/briar-core/src/org/briarproject/reporting/DevReporterImpl.java
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 package org.briarproject.reporting;
 
-import com.google.common.io.Files;
-
 import net.sourceforge.jsocks.socks.Socks5Proxy;
 import net.sourceforge.jsocks.socks.SocksException;
 import net.sourceforge.jsocks.socks.SocksSocket;
@@ -10,19 +8,21 @@ import org.briarproject.api.crypto.CryptoComponent;
 import org.briarproject.api.reporting.DevConfig;
 import org.briarproject.api.reporting.DevReporter;
 import org.briarproject.util.StringUtils;
+import org.h2.util.IOUtils;
 
+import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.net.Socket;
 import java.net.SocketException;
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
-import java.nio.charset.Charset;
-import java.util.List;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import static java.util.logging.Level.WARNING;
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class DevReporterImpl implements DevReporter {
 			Logger.getLogger(DevReporterImpl.class.getName());
 
 	private static final int SOCKET_TIMEOUT = 30 * 1000; // 30 seconds
-	private static final String CRLF = "\r\n";
+	private static final int LINE_LENGTH = 70;
 
 	private CryptoComponent crypto;
 	private DevConfig devConfig;
@@ -55,16 +55,17 @@ class DevReporterImpl implements DevReporter {
 	@Override
 	public void encryptReportToFile(File reportDir, String filename,
 			String report) throws FileNotFoundException {
-		String encryptedReport =
-				crypto.encryptToKey(devConfig.getDevPublicKey(),
-						StringUtils.toUtf8(report));
+		byte[] plaintext = StringUtils.toUtf8(report);
+		byte[] ciphertext = crypto.encryptToKey(devConfig.getDevPublicKey(),
+				plaintext);
+		String armoured = crypto.asciiArmour(ciphertext, LINE_LENGTH);
 
 		File f = new File(reportDir, filename);
 		PrintWriter writer = null;
 		try {
 			writer = new PrintWriter(
 					new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(f)));
-			writer.append(encryptedReport);
+			writer.append(armoured);
 			writer.flush();
 		} finally {
 			if (writer != null)
@@ -78,41 +79,31 @@ class DevReporterImpl implements DevReporter {
 		if (reports == null || reports.length == 0)
 			return; // No reports to send
 
-		LOG.info("Connecting to developers");
-		Socket s;
-		try {
-			s = connectToDevelopers(socksPort);
-		} catch (IOException e) {
-			if (LOG.isLoggable(WARNING))
-				LOG.log(WARNING, "Could not connect to developers", e);
-			return;
-		}
-
 		LOG.info("Sending reports to developers");
-		OutputStream output;
-		PrintWriter writer = null;
-		try {
-			output = s.getOutputStream();
-			writer = new PrintWriter(
-					new OutputStreamWriter(output, "UTF-8"), true);
-			for (File f : reports) {
-				List<String> encryptedReport = Files.readLines(f,
-						Charset.forName("UTF-8"));
-				writer.append(f.getName()).append(CRLF);
-				for (String line : encryptedReport) {
-					writer.append(line).append(CRLF);
-				}
-				writer.append(CRLF);
-				writer.flush();
+		for (File f : reports) {
+			OutputStream out = null;
+			InputStream in = null;
+			try {
+				Socket s = connectToDevelopers(socksPort);
+				out = s.getOutputStream();
+				in = new FileInputStream(f);
+				IOUtils.copy(in, out);
 				f.delete();
+			} catch (IOException e) {
+				LOG.log(WARNING, "Failed to send reports", e);
+				tryToClose(out);
+				tryToClose(in);
+				return;
 			}
-			LOG.info("Reports sent");
+		}
+		LOG.info("Reports sent");
+	}
+
+	private void tryToClose(Closeable c) {
+		try {
+			if (c != null) c.close();
 		} catch (IOException e) {
-			if (LOG.isLoggable(WARNING))
-				LOG.log(WARNING, "Connection to developers failed", e);
-		} finally {
-			if (writer != null)
-				writer.close();
+			if (LOG.isLoggable(WARNING)) LOG.log(WARNING, e.toString(), e);
 		}
 	}
 }