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@ -7,6 +7,16 @@ experienced users through the verification process, especially if they are not
verifying in-person, but are using a trusted but remote channel of verification
(such as telephone or video conference).
As an example, let us say that Alice is an experienced Matrix user and is
introducing Bob to the wonders of federated communications. Alice wants to
verify keys with Bob, so she clicks on the "Verify" button in her client on
Bob's profile (which sends a `m.key.verification.request` message to Bob).
Bob's device receives the verification request and prompts Bob to accept the
verification request. At this point, under the current framework, Bob is
responsible for choosing the verification method to use. However, with this
proposal, Bob would be able to just accept the verification request without
choosing a method, and allow Alice to choose the verification method.
## Proposal
A new event type is added to the key verification framework: