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Re:The Most Compelling Reason to Use Firefox Is Sync That Works by caminante on Thursday December 28, 2023 @11:21AM (#38795014)
OK. It sounds like E2EE encryption in effect because Mozilla encrypts your cloud data with a password hashing algorithm.

[I edited my comment above to get into more nuance about password reset is possible, but wipes data.]

If you lose your Mozilla account password, you can reset it, but

> Any data you have on the server will be erased when you reset your password (unless you use recovery keys). Your other devices will stop synchronizing unless you update them with the new password.[0]

[0] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/ive-lost-my-firefox-syn...

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Re:The Most Compelling Reason to Use Firefox Is Sync That Works by toyg on Thursday December 28, 2023 @12:46PM (#38796103)
Erasing cloud data is not a biggie, because as soon as you log back in (with the new password) from a device with the old data, it will get reuploaded. FF does the safe thing when synchronising.
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Re:The Most Compelling Reason to Use Firefox Is Sync That Works by caminante on Thursday December 28, 2023 @01:37PM (#38796825)
That makes sense to not delete the client-side data and gracefully continue.
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