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Users

Groups-Users

Pages

Page snapshots

Groups

Symmetric key

Master key


  • Derived from the password, using the email as salt.

Group key


  • Encrypts group data.

  • Is public in public groups.

  • Rotated on every member removal.

Internal key


  • Only available to members of the group.

  • As opposed to the group key, isn't public in public groups.

  • Rotated on every member removal.

Content key


  • Encrypts group content.

  • Is encrypted with a password key in password-protected groups.

  • Rotated on every member removal.

Group name

Page key


  • Encrypts page data.

  • Rotated every 7 days, when a user is editing the page.

  • On a member removal, is set to rotate in the next user activity on the page.

Symmetric key


  • Randomly generated for manual or pre-restore snapshots.

  • Same as page key for periodic snapshots.

Page title

Member display name

Snapshot data

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Display name

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Public key

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