user docs: Update stream-permissions to note message access via bots.

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Rishi Gupta 2018-10-19 15:33:09 -07:00
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@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ determine who receives a message. There are three types of streams in Zulip.
At a high level:
* Organization admins can see and modify most aspects of a private stream,
including the membership and estimated traffic. Admins cannot see stream
messages or do anything that would indirectly give them access to stream
including the membership and estimated traffic. Admins generally cannot see stream
messages or do things that would indirectly give them access to stream
messages, like adding members or changing the stream privacy settings.
* Non-admins cannot easily see which private streams exist, or interact with
@ -26,6 +26,16 @@ At a high level:
out whether a stream with that name exists, but cannot see any other
details about the stream.
There are two situations in which an organization administrator can access
private stream messages:
* Via some types of [data export](/help/export-your-organization).
* Administrators can change the ownership of a bot. If a bot is subscribed
to a private stream, then an administrator can get access to that stream by
taking control of the bot, though the access will be limited to what the
bot can do. (E.g. incoming webhook bots cannot read messages.)
## Detailed permissions
### Public streams