From 7ec38bd2028c8423447358f82932cf3cbb4fade2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Gultsch Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 12:03:02 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] added section to FAQ about default encryption --- README.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 75018ba8b..45a1ff72e 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -329,6 +329,11 @@ feature is regarded experimental. Conversations is the only client that uses XEP-0027 with conferences. (The XEP neither specifically allows nor disallows this.) +#### Why is Conversations not end-to-end encrypted by default +We briefly had OMEMO as the default E2EE but it turned out to be a usabilty nightmare and thus we reverted that. You can find more information in [the commit message](https://github.com/siacs/Conversations/commit/035d0c79572d5981c53d1bff7f30b484c6542f17) of that change. + +Quick reminder that Conversations **always** uses TLS to connect to your server. It won‘t even connect to a server without TLS. + ### What clients do I use on other platforms There are XMPP Clients available for all major platforms. ####Windows / Linux