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'''Client-side encryption''' is the [[cryptographic]] technique of [[encrypting]] data on the sender's side, before it is transmitted to a [[server (computing)|server]] such as a cloud storage service.<ref name=infosectoday>{{cite web |url= http://www.infosectoday.com/Articles/Client-Side_Encryption.htm |title= Why Client-Side Encryption Is the Next Best Idea in Cloud-Based Data Security |date= 2015 |accessdate= February 21, 2016 |author= Tunio Gaffer |website= Information Security Today |publisher= Auerbach Publications |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160116160010/http://www.infosectoday.com/Articles/Client-Side_Encryption.htm |archive-date= January 16, 2016 |url-status= dead }}</ref> Client-side encryption features an encryption key that is not available to the service provider, making it difficult or impossible for service providers to decrypt hosted data. Client-side encryption allows for the creation of applications whose providers cannot access the data its users have stored, thus offering a high level of privacy.<ref name=infosectoday/> Those applications are sometimes marketed under the misleading term "zero-knowledge".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13303436|title=Spider Oak - Please stop describing your service as "Zero Knowledge" unless and ... {{!}} Hacker News|website=news.ycombinator.com|access-date=2018-07-16}}</ref>
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