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Clarifications around "strings"

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@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@ The binary segment must be of the following form:
request event, encoded as: request event, encoded as:
- two bytes in network byte order (big-endian) indicating the length in - two bytes in network byte order (big-endian) indicating the length in
bytes of the ID as a UTF-8 string bytes of the ID as a UTF-8 string
- the ID as a UTF-8 string - the ID encoded as a UTF-8 string (i.e. one UTF-8 byte per character)
- the first key, as 32 bytes. The key to use depends on the mode field: - the first key, as 32 bytes. The key to use depends on the mode field:
- if `0x00` or `0x01`, then the current user's own master cross-signing public key - if `0x00` or `0x01`, then the current user's own master cross-signing public key
- if `0x02`, then the current device's Ed25519 signing key - if `0x02`, then the current device's Ed25519 signing key
@ -1211,10 +1211,10 @@ The binary segment must be of the following form:
key is key is
- if `0x02`, then what the device thinks the user's master cross-signing key - if `0x02`, then what the device thinks the user's master cross-signing key
is is
- a random shared secret, as a byte string. It is suggested to use a secret - a random shared secret, as a sequence of bytes. It is suggested to use a secret
that is about 8 bytes long. Note: as we do not share the length of the that is about 8 bytes long. Note: as we do not share the length of the
secret, and it is not a fixed size, clients will just use the remainder of secret, and it is not a fixed size, clients will just use the remainder of
binary string as the shared secret. binary segment as the shared secret.
For example, if Alice displays a QR code encoding the following binary data: For example, if Alice displays a QR code encoding the following binary data: