Security of synced bookmarks in light of the Edward Snowden revelations - are we secure?
In light of the Edward Snowden revelations about the NSA and in particular use of the Homeland Security laws to obtain ANY information that a US company holds about a person…
Is there any way the Mozilla organisation can get access to my synced bookmarks?
What is the level of encryption? (technical details please - obscurity may as well be no security)
How secure is it?
In light of the Edward Snowden revelations about the NSA and in particular use of the Homeland Security laws to obtain ANY information that a US company holds about a person…
Is there any way the Mozilla organisation can get access to my synced bookmarks?
What is the level of encryption? (technical details please - obscurity may as well be no security)
How secure is it?
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Please see and read some these other threads
- I have cross linked some threads in are bookmarks encrypted?
- I have escalated the following thread /questions/999581
If I disable my master password and enable sync of my passwords, how are they encrypted? What is my encryption key?
See "Why does Firefox Accounts require me to choose a password?":
In the FxA backed version of Firefox Sync, we will encrypt your Sync data with a key derived from your Firefox Account password, instead a random key managed by the J-PAKE pairing protocol.