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--- services:matrix:encryption [2021/08/10 11:54] – Remove the (possibly outdated?) section on upgrading encryption behrmj87
+++ services:matrix:encryption [2021/08/10 14:08] – [Verifying a session] update session verification to newer screens behrmj87
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 ==== Verifying a session ====
-To access your encryption history and for other users to verify you it is necessary to verify a new session. To verify a session you can either confirm a new session from an existing session or enter your recovery passphrase.
+To access your messages from encrypted chats, e.g. direct conversations, it is necessary to verify a new session. To verify a session you can either confirm a new session from an existing session, which is the easiest way, or enter your recovery passphrase.
 When logging in with a new device you will get prompted to verify it.
-{{ :services:matrix:riot_e2e_verify_session_01.png?direct&800 |}}
+{{ :services:matrix:verifylogin.png |}}
-If you are logged into another session there will be a popup asking you to verify the new session:
+The three options:
+- **Use another login**, which will authenticate against a running session, e.g. on a phone or another computer.
+- **Use Security Key or Phrase**, which works without another session, i.e. without another device, but you will need the Security Phrase or Key that you set up earlier.
+- **Skip**, which skips authentication, but you won't be able to read encrypted messages that were sent to you earlier.
+=== Verifying a Sessin using a Security Phrase ===
+This is conceptually the easiest so, we'll discuss it first. Click **Use Security Key or Phrase** and in the screen that opens enter either your *Security Phrase* or your *Security Key*.
+{{ :services:matrix:securitypassphrase.png |}}
+If you enter either correctly, you will be greeted by this happy screen
+{{ :services:matrix:sessionverified.png |}}
+=== Verifying a Sessin using a Security Phrase ===
+If you are logged into another session, e.g. on your phone, it's easiest to click **Use another login**. There are multiple ways how this is handled, which depends on where the other session is running, e.g. Element on phones will allow you to do this via scanning a QR code. All methods do require, though, that you have the device where the other session is running on *at hand* otherwise the whole process will block waiting for you to do something on the other device, which is hard to do, if it's far away.
+One method that is always available is comparing emoji shown on both devices. First you will be asked on the device with an already authenticated session whether the new session is you and whether you want to authenticate it.
 {{ :services:matrix:riot_e2e_verify_session_02.png?direct&800 |}}
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 {{ :services:matrix:riot_e2e_verify_session_03.png |}}
-Select to continue and you will be asked for a verification method. Currently the only option is to compare a sting of emojis.
+Select to continue and you will be asked for a verification method.
 {{ :services:matrix:riot_e2e_verify_session_04.png |}}
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 {{ :services:matrix:riot_e2e_verify_session_06.png |}}
-Confirm the emojis match on both devices to complete verifying the session.
+Confirm the emojis match on both devices to complete verifying the session and you get the happy result of a verified session.
-Alternatively you can select to verify a session by using your recovery passphrase:
+{{ :services:matrix:sessionverified.png |}}
-{{ :services:matrix:riot_e2e_verify_session_09.png?direct&800 |}}
 ==== Deleting a session ====