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"What is Key Backup?" answer is wrong #20

Closed aaronraimist closed 1 year ago

aaronraimist commented 3 years ago

When key backup is enabled, your device will maintain a secure copy of its keys on our server.

Makes it sound like the backup is going to an Element server, rather than the user's homeserver

t3chguy commented 3 years ago

The next line is no better:

Is it safe to back up my encryption keys to your servers? Yes. Your keys are encrypted before they are uploaded to our servers, so we never see them unencrypted.

JordanConnor commented 1 year ago

I believe these were amened sometime ago, but not mentioned here.

Did these updates solve the issues?

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aaronraimist commented 1 year ago

@JordanConnor my comment has been fixed but part of @t3chguy's comment appears to still be a valid concern.

I would suggest modifying the answers to use something closer to these phrases:

JordanConnor commented 1 year ago

Thanks for the suggestions @aaronraimist. I'll get those added :)

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