Being connected to your chat accounts from multiple resources is something very common. I – for example – am constantly connected to my chat accounts from my PC and smart-phone, that is 2 resources at least. The issue that arises now is the following: What happens when you receive a message while connected from multiple resources to the same account? Which resource gets the notification? And most importantly: If you use encryption, with which resource’s key is the message encrypted?
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