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A private backup line between you. Messages are locked on this device before they leave it, so the servers only ever hold scrambled text.
Enter the same passphrase on each phone. Share it in person or on a call, never by message. Anyone who has it can read the conversation.
Enter the passphrase for to read your messages.
Reachable Can't reach it
Every message is saved on each server that can be reached. The dots in the corner of your messages show which servers have them; two filled dots means both do.
Not secret, and can't unlock anything. Add it to ALLOWED_ROOMS on both servers so no one else can create rooms there.
ALLOWED_ROOMS
Family can join this conversation with this room's passphrase, or start a separate room with a passphrase of their own.