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Put some warnings on the crypto stuff

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Richard van der Hoff 2015-12-04 15:39:39 +00:00
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@ -60,7 +60,27 @@ actually serve up the app, which is entirely static content.
Enabling encryption Enabling encryption
=================== ===================
To build a version of vector with the (experimental) support for end-to-end End-to-end encryption in Vector and Matrix is not yet considered ready for
encryption, install the olm module with `npm i day-to-day use; it is experimental and should be considered only as a
https://matrix.org/packages/npm/olm/olm-0.1.0.tgz` before running `npm proof-of-concept.
start`. The olm library will be detected and used if available.
To build a version of vector with support for end-to-end encryption, install
the olm module with `npm i https://matrix.org/packages/npm/olm/olm-0.1.0.tgz`
before running `npm start`. The olm library will be detected and used if
available.
To enable encryption for a room, type
```
/encrypt on
```
in the message bar in that room. Vector will then generate a set of keys, and
encrypt all outgoing messages in that room. (Note that other people in that
room will send messages in the clear unless they also `/encrypt on`.)
Note that historical encrypted messages cannot currently be decoded - history
is therefore lost when the page is reloaded.
There is currently no visual indication of whether encryption is enabled for a
room, or whether a particular message was encrypted.