diff --git a/Banned-Contact.md b/Banned-Contact.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..cd6d8d9e --- /dev/null +++ b/Banned-Contact.md @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +Following information are here for development purposes and may not +reflect the current state of any Ring client. + +Introducing scenario +-------------------- + +Let's explain banned contacts with a simple scenario: + +Alice and Jessica are friends, and like all good friends do, they use +Ring to communicate. They are both Ring contact of each other, so Alice +is a contact of Jessica and Jessica is a contact of Alice. Some day +however, Jessica does something really bad to Alice and Alice doesn't +want to hear from her anymore. Instead of removing Jessica from her Ring +contacts -- which would still allow Jessica to send her contact +requests, Alice *bans* Jessica. + +**So, what does it mean ?** + +In the daemon +------------- + +Jessica *won't be notified that she was banned by Alice*. + +As a *banned contact* of Alice, Jessica *won't be allowed to contact her +anymore*, in any way. Text messages, voice or video calls won't be +acknowledged or answered in any way. Alice won't even be aware that +Jessica tried to contact her. + +Banned contacts are synched across linked devices like other contacts. + +In Ring clients (recommended implementation) +-------------------------------------------- + +As long as Jessica is a banned contact, the conversation with Jessica +doesn't appears in the conversations list. The conversation history, +however, is not deleted. Jessica appears in Alice' account banned +contact list. Alice might also find/open the conversation by performing +an exact search for Jessica' username. + +Alice can un-ban Jessica from the conversation or the banned contact +list. + +The search result and the conversation indicates Jessica' banned status. +Alice must unban Jessica to send her a message, call her or otherwise +interract with her. + +Alice can still delete the conversation history using a *Delete History* +button. \ No newline at end of file