From 746695574458feda6022c95ed464a6d8d637cb26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hubert Chathi Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2019 14:54:58 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] add note that verifying yourself may want to use to_device instead --- proposals/2241-e2e-verification-in-dms.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/proposals/2241-e2e-verification-in-dms.md b/proposals/2241-e2e-verification-in-dms.md index fbfbe62e5..77340c5b4 100644 --- a/proposals/2241-e2e-verification-in-dms.md +++ b/proposals/2241-e2e-verification-in-dms.md @@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ verification. ## Potential issues If a user wants to verify their own device, this will require the creation of a -Direct Messaging room with themselves. +Direct Messaging room with themselves. Instead, clients may use the current +`to_device` messages for verifying the user's other devices. Direct Messaging rooms could have end-to-end encryption enabled, and some clients can be configured to only send decryption keys to verified devices.