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providing an alternative to key sharing is currently a non-goal

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@ -17,10 +17,9 @@ To help resolve this, we *optionally* let clients store an encrypted copy of
their megolm inbound session keys on the homeserver. Clients can keep the
backup up to date, so that users will always have the keys needed to decrypt
their conversations. The backup could be used not just for new logins, but
also to try to fix UISIs that occur after a device has logged in (as an
alternative to key sharing), or to support clients with limited local storage
for keys (clients can store old keys to the backup, and remove their local
copy, retrieving the key from the backup when needed).
also to support clients with limited local storage for keys (clients can store
old keys to the backup, and remove their local copy, retrieving the key from
the backup when needed).
To recover keys from the backup, a user will need to enter a recovery key to
decrypt the backup. The backup will be encrypted using public key