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@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Identity Service API
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The Matrix client-server and server-server APIs are largely expressed in Matrix
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user identifiers. From time to time, it is useful to refer to users by other
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("third-party") identifiers, or "3pid"s, e.g. their email address or phone
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number. This identity server specification describes how mappings between
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number. This Identity Service Specification describes how mappings between
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third-party identifiers and Matrix user identifiers can be established,
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validated, and used. This description technically may apply to any 3pid, but in
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practice has only been applied specifically to email addresses and phone numbers.
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@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ Ephemeral invitation signing
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To aid clients who may not be able to perform crypto themselves, the identity
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service offers some crypto functionality to help in accepting invitations.
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server offers some crypto functionality to help in accepting invitations.
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This is less secure than the client doing it itself, but may be useful where
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this isn't possible.
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