# Keeping Firebase data private?

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/keeping-firebase-data-private/1323852>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** firebase\
**Created:** [June 3, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/keeping-firebase-data-private/1323852 "2021-06-03T16:46:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/keeping-firebase-data-private/1323852/1 "2021-06-03T16:46:30Z")

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I’m wondering if there is any way to store Firebase data in such a way that the Firebase admin can’t view it?

The reason for this is that I currently have a Photo Journal app where users can store a photo and description each day. I’m storing that data in a local DB within the app. But if I want the user to be able to backup their data to the cloud, what are my options?

I think Firebase is the most logical place to store that data but… wouldn’t I then be able to see all of their backed up data as plain text (JSON)? Is there a way to hide it from me?

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**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/keeping-firebase-data-private/1323852/2 "2021-06-03T16:50:16Z")

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Here’s a similar question:

> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38304258/how-to-encrypt-user-data-in-firebase>

One of the answers suggests using [Google Cloud Endpoints](https://cloud.google.com/endpoints/) and specifically the [Cloud Key Management Service (KMS) API](https://cloud.google.com/kms/docs/reference/rest) so I guess I’ll check that out.

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**Author:** ![muneer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/muneer/32/75210_2.png) [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/keeping-firebase-data-private/1323852/3 "2021-06-03T19:38:35Z")

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Use any of the hashing techniques in your app or just use the native encode/decode of JavaScript.

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/keeping-firebase-data-private/1323852/4 "2024-11-08T13:22:09Z")

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