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Encryption user flows
Below are a few examples demonstrating our end-to-end encryption in some typical user flows on Akord.
User signup
- A backup phrase is generated.
- Asymmetric password key is derived from the user’s password.
- The backup phrase is encrypted with the password key and securely stored within Akord.
User login
- The encrypted backup phrase is retrieved from Akord.
- User decrypts the backup phrase locally using their password key.
- User derives their signing & encryption keys from the backup phrase.
User's personal data encryption
- Alice wants to upload an avatar photo to their profile.
- Alice generates a unique access key.
- Alice encrypts the avatar with the newly generated access key.
- Alice encrypts the access key with their encryption public key.
- the encrypted avatar & encrypted access key are stored within Akord.
- Alice can now decrypt the avatar using their encryption private key.
Data encryption within the vault
- Alice wants to share file within the vault, which Bob also belongs to.
- Alice generates a unique access key.
- Alice encrypts file with the newly generated access key.
- Alice encrypts the access key with the vault public key.
- The encrypted file & encrypted access key are stored within Akord.
- Bob decrypts the vault private key with their encryption private key.
- Bob decrypts the access key with the vault private key.
- Bob decrypts the file with the access key.
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