# Are my decks secure?

**URL:** <https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/are-my-decks-secure/13971>\
**Category:** Syncing & AnkiWeb\
**Created:** [October 7, 2021, 4:07am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/are-my-decks-secure/13971 "2021-10-07T04:07:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Nanuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/977dab/32.png) [@Nanuk](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Nanuk)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 4:07am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/are-my-decks-secure/13971/1 "2021-10-07T04:07:29Z")

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Hello,

I am thinking of using this app to study for my certification. I just want to know if my decks are secure and will not be published on the web? The last flashcard app I used did and I got in trouble.

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**Author:** ![cqg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@cqg](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/cqg)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 4:58am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/are-my-decks-secure/13971/2 "2021-10-07T04:58:22Z")

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Once you upload anything to internet you can’t be 100 % sure that your data will be safe, no matter if you’re using Anki, Facebook, Whatsapp or any other online service:

> **[Over 1.5 billion Facebook users' personal data found for sale on hacker forum](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/over-15-billion-facebook-users-personal-data-found-for-sale-on-hacker-forum/ar-AAPd5Lo)**
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> Unrelated to other recent problems Facebook has had, this particular batch of data was scraped from profiles, meaning it's publicly available knowledge. That doesn't stop it from being dangerous.

Having said that, if you don’t publish your decks, they will keep being private, but if you are really worried about your data, you can use Anki (and even syncing your devices) locally: Ankiweb is entirely optional.

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**Author:** ![BlueGreenMagick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dc4da7/32.png) [@BlueGreenMagick](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/BlueGreenMagick)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 6:33am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/are-my-decks-secure/13971/3 "2021-10-07T06:33:15Z")

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Look at the following page: [Account Privacy - AnkiWeb](https://ankiweb.net/account/privacy)

To summarize, your card content may be viewed for support and legal purposes, but otherwise will not be shared with others. That said, the card contents are most likely not encrypted, so you shouldn’t store any important information such as passwords.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 6:15am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/are-my-decks-secure/13971/4 "2023-05-01T06:15:23Z")

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