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[–] Pissnpink@feddit.uk -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've heard they store your cookies on the block chain, or something.

[–] krnl386@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They implement profile syncing (bookmarks, cookies, history, etc) using blockchain. AFAIK the data is encrypted with your private key which is derived from a mnemonic phrase, so it’s probably ZK.

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

if only I can access it anyway, why the hell does it need to be on a blockchain in the first place? I still don't want everyone to have a copy of it even if it is encrypted. Nobody else should ever need it. I'd rather just sync that data between my own devices, and not everyone else's

[–] krnl386@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Fair enough. Are there extensions for Chromium/Firefox that do multi-device sync properly (e.g. strictly peer to peer)?