Data Recovery Constraints

Cipher: A Fully Local, Stateless, and Decentralized Encryption Platform

Cipher is designed as a fully local, stateless, and decentralized encryption platform. This architecture guarantees zero reliance on any external server or authority — including ours. While it maximizes privacy and security, it also imposes strict responsibility on users for their own data handling.

No Central Storage, No Recovery Path

Cipher does not:

• Store, index, or archive any user data

• Retain any keys, passwords, metadata, or usage history

• Allow for password resets or key recovery mechanisms

This means:

• Loss of your private key permanently severs your ability to decrypt any content encrypted for you.

• Loss of a structured channel renders any associated encrypted material permanently unreadable.

• Loss of your recipient’s public key will prevent you from encrypting messages for them — unless they re-share it.

100% User-Controlled, 0% Recoverable

Cipher cannot assist with recovery, resets, or verification. The system is designed this way by principle:

• There is no administrator.

• There is no "forgot password" mechanism.

• There is no technical fallback, escrow, or backup recovery — by design.

If you lose your authentication data (structured channel, private key, or public key of recipient), the data is lost. No one can help.

What You Must Secure

To ensure long-term usability of Cipher:

• Secure your private key: Store it redundantly in secure offline storage, and never share it.

• Preserve your structured channel: Commit it to memory or construct it with a robust mnemonic method.

• Archive your contact public keys: Keep them safely if you plan future exchanges.

Cipher is not just end-to-end encrypted — it is end-to-end user-owned. That ownership includes the full burden of continuity.