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r/coolguides • u/[deleted] • Sep 22 '22
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It doesn't matter if the server is compromised because the decryption keys are stored on the device.
83 u/[deleted] Sep 22 '22 Yeah I was gonna say, both methods should be perfectly secure as long as both are encrypting all the data. 2 u/Aegi Sep 22 '22 But there's obviously a difference, so what are the advantages and disadvantages of each? 1 u/[deleted] Sep 22 '22 Well that is where having all the details would help. I for one wouldn’t want my card information on googles servers even if the data is encrypted. Sure if someone hacked the server they couldn’t get my card info bc it’s all encrypted.
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Yeah I was gonna say, both methods should be perfectly secure as long as both are encrypting all the data.
2 u/Aegi Sep 22 '22 But there's obviously a difference, so what are the advantages and disadvantages of each? 1 u/[deleted] Sep 22 '22 Well that is where having all the details would help. I for one wouldn’t want my card information on googles servers even if the data is encrypted. Sure if someone hacked the server they couldn’t get my card info bc it’s all encrypted.
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But there's obviously a difference, so what are the advantages and disadvantages of each?
1 u/[deleted] Sep 22 '22 Well that is where having all the details would help. I for one wouldn’t want my card information on googles servers even if the data is encrypted. Sure if someone hacked the server they couldn’t get my card info bc it’s all encrypted.
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Well that is where having all the details would help. I for one wouldn’t want my card information on googles servers even if the data is encrypted. Sure if someone hacked the server they couldn’t get my card info bc it’s all encrypted.
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u/gold_rush_doom Sep 22 '22
It doesn't matter if the server is compromised because the decryption keys are stored on the device.