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This is a proposal for the 'Crypto Proxy'. It is a server-side component in the Sync Services infrastructure that makes it possible for third party applications to get access to unencrypted sync data. | This is a proposal for the 'Crypto Proxy'. It is a server-side component in the Sync Services infrastructure that makes it possible for third party applications to get access to unencrypted sync data. | ||
== Key assumption == | |||
That the question "shall Mozilla ever store decrypted data, or unencrypted keys, from any Sync users on its servers?" has been answered in the affirmative, and the corresponding legal and infrasec aspects have been considered. | |||
In short: there's no point building this if it's counter to Mozilla's core goals for Sync. | |||
== Problems the Sync Proxy tries to solve == | == Problems the Sync Proxy tries to solve == | ||