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Why would E2EE hinder search ? Any clients could build or update the search index.

• tantalor 2y ago
  Because that's a job for the service, not the client. If the client needs to implement the search index on its own, why even have a service? What benefit does the service bring? If I need to host the search index myself, that makes a much more vulnerable target for surveillance or attack, compared to a centralized service which has a dedicated security/privacy team. I would need to roll my own security, or trust the vendor. We are back to square one.
  • Woodi 2y ago
    Because it provide critical part named "hosting" - because everyone is constantly ad'ded to be too moronic to setup their own. "Send your data to us! And pay us! LOL" Just wait for some fuck up story or news that data wasn't actually encrypted on provider part - yes, that already happened in some "encryption provider". Or maybe teach managers for routine darknet checking to find if their data are already there ? :>>
  • lxgr 2y ago
    Says who? Just because that's the easiest solution if you already have the data unencrypted on the server side doesn't mean it's the only one. > What benefit does the service bring? It allows synchronization between clients, online collaboration, and serves as an automatic backup. That's basically everything I want from most document cloud services!