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-Applications datas has a copy on the device, as well as a synchronized copy over a remote service.
+Applications data lives on the device, and is synchronized to a remote service.
-Datas that will be copy remotely are first encrypted on the client side.
+The content is first encrypted on the client side before being propagated remotely.
-This remote service is accessible by any apps using Firefox Accounts.
+This remote service is accessible by any app using Firefox Accounts.
-The encryption token is derived from Firefox Accounts in order to share it between multiple devices.
+The encryption token is derived from Firefox Accounts in order to be shareable between multiple devices.
 The remote storage back-end is not yet defined. One suggestion that is currently under investigation is to have a proxy offering an HTTP API in order to abstract the specificity of the remote storage back-end.