Hi Gervase,

End - to - end encryption is a type of encryption where the server does not
have the decryption key, only the computers that use the cloud features for
firefox have the decryption key.

On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 12:01 AM, Gervase Markham <g...@mozilla.org> wrote:

> On 13/12/17 19:52, Joe Smith wrote:
> > There are plenty of Open Source messaging apps such as Signal that don't
> > restrict users from using the servers based on age.
>
> The entire point of Signal is that it collects no information about you
> whatsoever. That isn't and cannot be true of the services we provide,
> and I suspect that makes a big difference.
>
> > So the cloud feature *does* use end - to - end encryption?
>
> Depends what you mean by end-to-end, but perhaps you should do your own
> research rather than expect others to do it for you :-)
>
> Gerv
>
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