From 321d14b66decc8d0e2bc3dab1169b08c874c7735 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: redoomed1 <161974310+redoomed1@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 05:12:45 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] update: Description of group calls for Element (#2778) Signed-off-by: kimg45 <138676274+kimg45@users.noreply.github.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Gray --- docs/real-time-communication.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/real-time-communication.md b/docs/real-time-communication.md index d78dd6d4..8bcf9456 100644 --- a/docs/real-time-communication.md +++ b/docs/real-time-communication.md @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ Messages and files shared in private rooms (those which require an invite) are b Profile pictures, reactions, and nicknames are not encrypted. -Group voice and video calls are [not](https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/12878) E2EE and use Jitsi, but this is expected to change with [Native Group VoIP Signalling](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3401). Group calls have [no authentication](https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/13074) currently, meaning that non-room participants can also join the calls. We recommend that you do not use this feature for private meetings. +With the integration of [Element Call](https://element.io/blog/we-have-lift-off-element-x-call-and-server-suite-are-ready) into Element's web app, desktop apps, and its [rewritten mobile apps](https://element.io/blog/element-x-experience-the-future-of-element), group VoIP and video calls are E2EE by default. The Matrix protocol itself [theoretically supports forward secrecy](https://gitlab.matrix.org/matrix-org/olm/blob/master/docs/megolm.md#partial-forward-secrecy)[^1], however this is [not currently supported in Element](https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/7101) due to it breaking some aspects of the user experience such as key backups and shared message history.