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Remove outdated reference to asymmetric cryptography
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Expand Up @@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ in between the individual Zulip server and its users.
# Design

Each mobile push notification a Zulip server sends will be encrypted
with a public key belonging to the intended user device.
The corresponding private key will have been generated by the Zulip
mobile app on the device, and will remain only on the device.
with a secret key specific to the intended user device.
The key will have been generated by the Zulip mobile app
on the device, and shared only between that device
and the server.

When a Zulip server sends a notification, the only information it
sends to the Mobile Push Notification Service will be the cryptotext
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