diff --git a/docs/source/advanced.rst b/docs/source/advanced.rst index ea7482c2..2c9e33d3 100644 --- a/docs/source/advanced.rst +++ b/docs/source/advanced.rst @@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ Turn Off Private Key By default, all OnionShare services are protected with a private key, which Tor calls "client authentication". -The Tor Browser will ask you to enter your private key when you load an OnionShare service. -If you want allow the public to use your service, it's better to disable the private key altogether. +The Tor Browser will ask you to enter your private key when you want to offer an OnionShare service. +If you want to allow the public to use your service, it's better to turn off the private key so that people you don't know +wont have to find your public key. To turn off the private key for any tab, check the "This is a public OnionShare service (disables private key)" box before starting the server. Then the server will be public and a private key is not needed to load it in the Tor Browser.