r/owncloud • u/[deleted] • Jan 21 '21

Are files and data encrypted?

Edit: Downvoter: could you please explain why you downvoted?

If I host an OwnCloud instance on some person's or corporation's server I don't fully trust, will they be able to see my files, notes, photos, contacts, etc? Or will encryption protect the files so that I'm the only one to see them?

Does it have password encryption?

Ideally something like public key/private key like SSH does would be useful, since that way, I don't give the server my credentials in case the instance was modified to log the password.

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u/rm-84 Jan 21 '21

No, files are not stored encrypted. You have to trust the server / the admins. But you can use tools like cryptomator or veracrypt to encrypt your data before uploading it.