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Document new setting to require secure backup

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This adds notes on configuring the new `.well-known` setting to require Element
users to set up secure backup before continuing into the app.

Part of https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/14954
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Set the following on your homeserver's
`/.well-known/matrix/client` config:
```json
{
"im.vector.e2ee": {
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}
```
# Secure backup
By default, Element strongly encourages (but does not require) users to set up
Secure Backup so that cross-signing identity key and message keys can be
recovered in case of a disaster where you lose access to all active devices.
## Requiring secure backup
To require Secure Backup to be configured before Element can be used, set the
following on your homeserver's `/.well-known/matrix/client` config:
```json
{
"im.vector.e2ee": {
"secureBackupRequired": true
}
}
```
# Compatibility
The settings above were first proposed under a `im.vector.riot.e2ee` key, which