Security question ... when does the odrive desktop client NOT go direct to cloud?

[Tony]

Hi @james1,
All interactions between the desktop client and the linked sources are direct to the source except when using odrive Spaces. Share and collaborate with odrive

odrive Spaces allow you to share any folder with anyone, which requires a special data flow, with a strict security model. For odrive Spaces interactions, the raw data is streamed (TLS encrypted) from the source to the requesting client/user via an odrive proxy.

Additional information regarding web client transfers:

How does syncing with odrive work? (Where is the data?)

Hi @bastigruenwald, Via the web client, depending on the integration type and the user interaction to it, data may be passed through an odrive proxy as opposed to directly from the source. In this case the raw data is being streamed (over end-to-end TLS encrypted transport) from the source to the requesting client/user via the odrive proxy. This is why you will see downloads coming from proxygen.odrive.com. During this process none of the user data is retained or even cached, beyond the small …