[lmm]

GP is talking about something implemented in 2008. It was a different time and a different mentality.

[Brybry]

Google Chrome Sync help docs imply it defaults to storing data on servers unencrypted by default.[1]

Firefox Sync seems to have sane/encrypted defaults.[2]

[1] https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/165139

[2] https://hacks.mozilla.org/2018/11/firefox-sync-privacy/