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=== Accessing Sync Data ===
=== Accessing Sync Data ===


Firefox Home has it's own Sync Client. Instead of talking directly to the Sync Service, auhenticated with Basic Auth, it will now talk to the Crypto Proxy with the Username and Access Token.
Firefox Home has its own Sync Client. Instead of talking directly to the Sync Service, authenticated with Basic Auth, it will now talk to the Crypto Proxy with the Username and Access Token.


The Sync Protocol is pretty much the same except that known collections that Firefox Home has access to are automatically decrypted by the Crypto Proxy.
The Sync Protocol is pretty much the same except that known collections to which Firefox Home has access are automatically decrypted by the Crypto Proxy.


This means Firefox Home does not have to access crypto/keys but instead can go straight to the collections it wants to sync.
This means Firefox Home does not have to access crypto/keys but instead can go straight to the collections it wants to sync.
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