From 349890d9fbc4d552f74b797f7b8909457e6d4856 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oskar Thoren Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 13:48:36 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] elaborate on 1:1 group and publci in secure transport --- status-secure-transport-spec.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/status-secure-transport-spec.md b/status-secure-transport-spec.md index 0be44a4..f16c024 100644 --- a/status-secure-transport-spec.md +++ b/status-secure-transport-spec.md @@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ If an incoming message (on the same Whisper topic) fails to decrypt, a message i ## Messaging -All messaging in Status is subject to end-to-end encryption to provide users with a strong degree of privacy and security. +All 1:1 and group chat messaging in Status is subject to end-to-end encryption to provide users with a strong degree of privacy and security. Public chat messages are publicly readable by anyone since there's no permission model for who is participating in a public chat. + +The rest of this document is purely about 1:1 and private group chat. Private group chat largely reduces to 1:1 chat, since there's a secure channel between each pair-wise participant. ### End-to-end encryption