Put some warnings on the crypto stuff
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@ -60,7 +60,27 @@ actually serve up the app, which is entirely static content.
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Enabling encryption
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Enabling encryption
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To build a version of vector with the (experimental) support for end-to-end
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End-to-end encryption in Vector and Matrix is not yet considered ready for
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encryption, install the olm module with `npm i
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day-to-day use; it is experimental and should be considered only as a
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https://matrix.org/packages/npm/olm/olm-0.1.0.tgz` before running `npm
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proof-of-concept.
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start`. The olm library will be detected and used if available.
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To build a version of vector with support for end-to-end encryption, install
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the olm module with `npm i https://matrix.org/packages/npm/olm/olm-0.1.0.tgz`
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before running `npm start`. The olm library will be detected and used if
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available.
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To enable encryption for a room, type
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```
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/encrypt on
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```
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in the message bar in that room. Vector will then generate a set of keys, and
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encrypt all outgoing messages in that room. (Note that other people in that
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room will send messages in the clear unless they also `/encrypt on`.)
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Note that historical encrypted messages cannot currently be decoded - history
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is therefore lost when the page is reloaded.
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There is currently no visual indication of whether encryption is enabled for a
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room, or whether a particular message was encrypted.
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