{"id":"privacy-safety.is-bridge-end-to-end-encrypted","url":"/faq/privacy-safety/is-bridge-end-to-end-encrypted","category":{"id":"privacy-safety","title":"Privacy & safety"},"subcategory":{"id":"clipboard-and-devices","title":"Clipboard, Junk Yard and your devices"},"question":"Is Bridge end-to-end encrypted, and can anyone see what I send?","alt_questions":["Is Storage Studio Bridge secure?","Do Bridge files go through your servers?","bridge end-to-end encryption","Can my internet provider read Bridge transfers?","Is sending files with Bridge private?"],"short_answer":"Yes. Bridge is a direct link between your two devices and everything on it is end-to-end encrypted, so nobody in between — including us — can read it, and nothing is stored on a server. Match the Tunnel Code when you pair.","answer_markdown":"Yes. A Bridge connection is a private, direct link between your two devices, and everything that crosses it is **end-to-end encrypted** — scrambled on the sending device and only unscrambled on the receiving one. Nobody in between can read it: not us, not your internet provider. Nothing is stored on a server or in the cloud.\n\nWhen you pair, a six-digit **Tunnel Code** appears on both screens; check they match to be sure you're linked to the right device with no one in the middle.\n\nWhen two faraway devices first find each other, that brief step may use public internet infrastructure, but your files and clipboard stay encrypted throughout. See [Bridge](/manual/devices).","answer_html":"

Yes. A Bridge connection is a private, direct link between your two devices, and everything that crosses it is end-to-end encrypted — scrambled on the sending device and only unscrambled on the receiving one. Nobody in between can read it: not us, not your internet provider. Nothing is stored on a server or in the cloud.

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When you pair, a six-digit Tunnel Code appears on both screens; check they match to be sure you're linked to the right device with no one in the middle.

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When two faraway devices first find each other, that brief step may use public internet infrastructure, but your files and clipboard stay encrypted throughout. See Bridge.

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Privacy & safety · Clipboard, Junk Yard and your devices

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Is Bridge end-to-end encrypted, and can anyone see what I send?

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Short answer: Yes. Bridge is a direct link between your two devices and everything on it is end-to-end encrypted, so nobody in between — including us — can read it, and nothing is stored on a server. Match the Tunnel Code when you pair.

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Yes. A Bridge connection is a private, direct link between your two devices, and everything that crosses it is end-to-end encrypted — scrambled on the sending device and only unscrambled on the receiving one. Nobody in between can read it: not us, not your internet provider. Nothing is stored on a server or in the cloud.

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When you pair, a six-digit Tunnel Code appears on both screens; check they match to be sure you're linked to the right device with no one in the middle.

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When two faraway devices first find each other, that brief step may use public internet infrastructure, but your files and clipboard stay encrypted throughout. See Bridge.

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