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Hi Nextcloud Pros,
my Nextcloud Hub 25 Autumn (32.0.1) is installed on a managed server located in the All-inkl-com data center.
I installed and activated the ‘Default encryption module’. As far as I understood it, all my files are encrypted with an algorithm using my password. The files of all other users on my Nextcloud are encrypted using their password. Therefore, it should not be possible for other users to read or edit my files and vice versa. In fact, this is possible, and I am very happy about this, because I share files with other users every day.
But I have no idea how Nextcloud manages this issue? Can anyone tell me?
Thank you in advance for reducing my lack of knowledge.
no, only with “end-to-end encryption” your files are encrypted using mnemonics, default encryption uses server secret encrypt “data at rest” ..and just for the sake of clarity - “default encryption” aka “server-side encryption” doesn’t protect against malicious server admin as long he can access both your server and your storage.. in most scenarios encryption-server is useless - the only scenario where it protects data is “remote storage” and your goal is to protect data against malicious storage admin.
