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sync server, local crypto, subpoena decrypt possible?

moats
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ref: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Labs/Weave/Crypto

"Server operators are unable to disclose information, because they can't read it. "

1 Does this indicate ONLY the user has decryption keys?

2 for contrast: under subpoena can mozilla decrypt information stored on the sync server?


If 2=true, 1=false necessarily

ref: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Labs/Weave/Crypto "Server operators are unable to disclose information, because they can't read it. " 1 Does this indicate ONLY the user has decryption keys? 2 for contrast: under subpoena can mozilla decrypt information stored on the sync server? If 2=true, 1=false necessarily

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the-edmeister
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1 = Yes
- edit - but anyone with access to a device connected to the Sync account also can access the key. The key is stored within Firefox data files.
2 = No, Mozilla doesn't have access to he decryption key.

Modified by the-edmeister