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AWS wickr documentation change

Service: wickr · 2025-11-13 · Documentation low

File: wickr/latest/userguide/getting-started.md

Summary

Updated sign-in process documentation with renumbered steps, added AWS Region selection option, removed screenshots, and clarified verification flow

Security assessment

The change adds documentation about optionally selecting AWS Region during sign-in and emphasizes secure storage of Master Recovery Key (MRK). While these relate to security features (regional authentication context and recovery key management), there is no evidence of addressing a specific security vulnerability. The MRK guidance reinforces existing security best practices rather than introducing new protections.

Diff

diff --git a/wickr/latest/userguide/getting-started.md b/wickr/latest/userguide/getting-started.md
index 2e38b142d..6963f42ea 100644
--- a//wickr/latest/userguide/getting-started.md
+++ b//wickr/latest/userguide/getting-started.md
@@ -57 +57 @@ To use the Wickr client on your mobile device and your desktop, you must sign in
-  2. Choose **Continue with SSO**.
+  2. Choose **Sign in with SSO**.
@@ -59 +59 @@ To use the Wickr client on your mobile device and your desktop, you must sign in
-![Sign-in page for Wickr with SSO option and work email input field.](/images/wickr/latest/userguide/images/wickr-sign-in-with-sso.png)
+  3. Enter your work email address and optionally select the AWS Region you would like to use for signing in.
@@ -61 +61 @@ To use the Wickr client on your mobile device and your desktop, you must sign in
-  3. Enter your work email address and choose **Continue**.
+  4. Choose **Continue**.
@@ -63,3 +63 @@ To use the Wickr client on your mobile device and your desktop, you must sign in
-![Sign-in form with work email input field and orange Continue button.](/images/wickr/latest/userguide/images/wickr-sign-in-with-sso-email.png)
-
-  4. Enter your company's ID and choose **Continue**.
+  5. Enter your company's ID and choose **Continue**.
@@ -69,5 +67 @@ Contact your company's Wickr administrator or IT support if you don't know your
-![Sign-in form with Company ID input field and orange Continue button.](/images/wickr/latest/userguide/images/wickr-sign-in-with-sso-company-id.png)
-
-  5. At your company's SSO service provider sign in screen, enter your sign-in credentials and choose **Sign in**. Okta is shown as the service provider in the following example.
-
-![Okta sign-in page with username and password fields, and a blue Sign in button.](/images/wickr/latest/userguide/images/wickr-sign-in-with-sso-okta.png)
+  6. At your company's SSO service provider sign in screen, enter your sign-in credentials and choose **Sign in**. Okta is shown as the service provider in the following example.
@@ -77,7 +71 @@ Wickr will send you a verification email after you sign in. You can continue to
-![Email verification screen with blue paper airplane icon and text input field for resending email.](/images/wickr/latest/userguide/images/wickr-sign-in-with-sso-check-email.png)
-
-  6. In the Wickr verification email, choose **Register my account** and return to the Wickr client that should be running in the background.
-
-![Registration confirmation email with instructions to click a link and register an account.](/images/wickr/latest/userguide/images/register-now.png)
-
-  7. The Wickr client will refresh to display your Master Recovery Key (MRK). You can use the MRK to sign in to Wickr on a different device than the one you're currently using. Save your MRK in a safe location and choose **Continue**.
+  7. In the Wickr verification email, choose **Register my account** and return to the Wickr client that should be running in the background.
@@ -85,5 +73 @@ Wickr will send you a verification email after you sign in. You can continue to
-###### Note
-
-The master recovery key is blurred in the following example.
-
-![Master recovery key dialog box with explanation and checkbox for secure storage.](/images/wickr/latest/userguide/images/wickr-sign-in-with-sso-mrk.png)
+  8. The Wickr client will refresh to display your Master Recovery Key (MRK). You can use the MRK to sign in to Wickr on a different device than the one you're currently using. Save your MRK in a safe location and choose **Continue**.
@@ -105 +89,5 @@ You should've received a Wickr invitation email from your company's Wickr admini
-  2. Enter your work email address and choose **Continue**.
+  2. Choose **Sign in with email**.
+
+  3. Enter your work email address and optionally select the AWS Region you would like to use for signing in.
+
+  4. Choose **Continue**.
@@ -109 +97,3 @@ Wickr will send you a verification email. You can continue to the next step in t
-  3. In the Wickr verification email, choose **Register my account** and return to the Wickr client that should be running in the background.
+  5. In the Wickr verification email, choose **Register my account** and return to the Wickr client that should be running in the background.
+
+Using the link from your Wickr verification email automatically selects the AWS Region associated with your Wickr network for signing in. 
@@ -113 +103 @@ Alternatively, you can copy the verification code from the footer of the Wickr i
-  4. The Wickr client will refresh to display the password creation page. Enter your chosen password, enter it a second time to confirm, and choose **Continue**.
+  6. The Wickr client will refresh to display the password creation page. Enter your chosen password, enter it a second time to confirm, and choose **Continue**.