services:matrix:encryption
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- **Skip**, which skips authentication, | - **Skip**, which skips authentication, | ||
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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//. | 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//. | ||
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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. | 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. | ||
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And clicking **Reset** will sign out of all your old sessions and delete all keys, followed by guiding you through the procedure to generate new ones described above. | And clicking **Reset** will sign out of all your old sessions and delete all keys, followed by guiding you through the procedure to generate new ones described above. | ||
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+ | ==== I'm asked to authenticate every time I open my browser. What am I doing wrong? ==== | ||
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+ | You will need to reauthenticate (that means: type in your recovery passphrase or use another session to authenticate your new one) whenever you log out of [[https:// | ||
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+ | On Firefox you can do this on the //Privacy & Security// page of the settings in the section //Cookies and Site Data//. If you have checked //Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed//, this is the reason for needing to reauthenticate after every time you close Firefox. Click the //Manage Exceptions// |
services/matrix/encryption.1628667759.txt.gz · Last modified: 2021/08/11 07:42 by behrmj87