Migrate discussion on send-to-device messaging to MSC3886

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### Send-to-Device messaging
Whilst to-device messaging already provides a mechanism for secure communication
between two Matrix clients/devices, a key consideration for the anticipated
login with QR capability is that one of the clients is not yet authenticated with
a Homeserver.
The combination of this proposal and
[MSC3886](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/3886) look
similar in some regards to the existing
[Send-to-device messaging](https://spec.matrix.org/v1.6/client-server-api/#send-to-device-messaging)
capability.
Furthermore the client might not know which Homeserver the user wishes to
connect to.
Discussion on this as an alternative has been moved to
[MSC3886](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/3886) as it
has received more engagement on that proposal.
Conceptually, one could create a new type of "guest" login that would allow the
unauthenticated client to connect to a Homeserver for the purposes of
communicating with an existing authenticated client via to-device messages.
Some considerations for this:
Where the "actual" Homeserver is not known then the "guest" Homeserver nominated
by the new client would need to be federated with the "actual" Homeserver.
The "guest" Homeserver would probably want to automatically clean up the "guest"
accounts after a short period of time.
The "actual" Homeserver operator might not want to open up full "guest" access
so a second type of "guest" account might be required.
Does the new device/client need to accept the T&Cs of the "guest" Homeserver?
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