> Saying the database is encrypted when the database key has to sit in the RAM of the server First you are replying to something I didn't say. Secondly, going

> Saying the database is encrypted when the database key has to sit in the RAM of the server First you are replying to something I didn't say. Secondly, going down that path and applying it as strictly to everything you'll find that nothing is encrypted: not your communication with the bank, certainly not WhatsApp as it stores temporary databases unencrypted (not only with a password stored in ram) and probably not much else either. In fact I guess if we apply your criteria to Signal clients they are not encrypted either.