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66Sharing of Vaults
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9- Always be careful when sharing your vault with other people.
9+ When sharing your vault or working in a team, we strongly recommend using `Cryptomator Hub <https://cryptomator.org/for-teams/ >`_.
10+ It adds access management for your vaults and allows you to unlock vaults with your own account.
11+
12+ Otherwise, always be careful when sharing your vault with other people.
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1114In general, keep your vault password secret.
1215Nobody except yourself should know the vault password.
13- Only when you use a vault together with other people, they may know your vault password .
16+ Sharing your vault password should be reserved for very limited personal scenarios (for example, with your spouse) and is generally not advised .
1417Keep in mind that other people could pass on – with or without intent – the vault password.
1518Only share your vaults with people you trust.
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1720If you share a vault with others, do not communicate the vault password on an insecure channel.
1821Tell the password in person, use encrypted email or messengers or other similar secure means.
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20- Are you working in a team and do not want to share vault passwords?
21- Consider using `Cryptomator Hub <https://cryptomator.org/hub/ >`_.
22- It adds access management for your vaults and allows you to unlock vaults with your own account.
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2725Good Passwords
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3735* For each purpose, a unique password without similarities to other passwords should be used.
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3937If you fulfill these requirements, you quickly reach a point where remembering the passwords gets impossible.
40- Thus, we recommend to use a password manager to generate and store the passwords.
38+ Thus, we recommend using a password manager to generate and store the passwords.
4139By doing so, you only have to remember a few or a single secure password.
42- Otherwise, we recommend to use at least 10 characters, ideally `use sentences instead of words <https://xkcd.com/936/ >`_.
40+ Otherwise, we recommend using at least 10 characters, ideally `use sentences instead of words <https://xkcd.com/936/ >`_.
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42+ .. _security/best-practices/backup-strategy :
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44+ Backup Strategy
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46+
47+ Cryptomator is not a backup solution.
48+ Its primary and only purpose is client-side encryption.
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50+ We strongly recommend maintaining your own backup strategy.
51+ Even with unencrypted data, regular backups are essential.
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53+ Most cloud storage services offer some form of backup or file revision capabilities.
54+ Evaluate if those available measures are sufficient for your needs or consider implementing additional backup systems.
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