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authorFlorian Dold <florian@dold.me>2021-04-26 22:57:01 +0200
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@@ -30,20 +30,6 @@ backup account. This happens when:
In this scenario, the devices have the same device ID
and the same wallet root public key.
-.. note::
-
- Q: Why doesn't the wallet root public key get rotated every time
- that a wallet backup is restored on a new device?
-
- A: Because that would mean that old "paper backups" and Anastasis
- backups stop working, because they are based on the wallet root key.
-
- Q: Why can't the wallet obtain some unique devices identifier to exclude
- case 3?
-
- A: Because we don't have a reliable API for this on many platforms.
- Even if we had one, we shouldn't rely on it.
-
Requirements
============
@@ -152,3 +138,16 @@ Q / A
* A: If we deleted them immediately, this might cause data to be re-surface
if a user temporarily removes and adds a backup account (say by accident)
that hasn't been synced in a while.
+
+* Q: Why doesn't the wallet root public key get rotated every time
+ that a wallet backup is restored on a new device?
+
+ * A: Because that would mean that old "paper backups" and Anastasis
+ backups stop working, because they are based on the wallet root key.
+
+* Q: Why can't the wallet obtain some unique devices identifier to exclude
+ case 3 (same device ID, same wallet root pub)?
+
+ * A: Because we don't have a reliable API for this on many platforms.
+ Even if we had one, we shouldn't rely on it.
+