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Client side encryption is only useful when the application is open source. Otherwise, we've no idea if there is a back door in the application and a signal that their servers can send back to the client to inform it to send over all of your login details.

Hushmail were forced by their government to backdoor their system for this purpose. What's stopping the same thing from happening to Inky?



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