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Do you use Firefox Sync? Why or why not?
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this post was submitted on 08 May 2024
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Firefox Sync is end-to-end-encrypted, meaning your data gets encrypted before upload and decrypted after download. The encryption key, i.e. your password, never leaves your computer. The way a password reset works, is by simply erasing your data from the server and then re-uploading from your Firefoxes. This means, if law enforcement or attackers get data from Mozilla's servers, they can't do anything with your Sync data.
I'm on board with being sceptical about security, but this is one of the simplest and most bulletproof approaches.
agree, but still backdoors sometimes leak to the internet. The companies who store data centralised like messeges usually have a big legal pressure like Telegram while it had system Ton. Idk if Mozilla have that sort of pressure, I would not question it if it would be decentralised system. Anyway there are always compromises and it souldn't be too much focus on it. For example basically all programming languages are have closed source parts, simply because CPU scheme is usually proprietary and could not be checked after manufacture.