Firebase encryption at rest

Question

I really enjoy using Firebase, and I would like to use it in a new app, but the app would have the user upload sensitive information.

I know Firebase uses https, but looking around, it seems Firebase does not yet make encryption at rest available.

Is there a way around this to use Firebase and still make an administrator unable to read the data from the Firebase Forge, for instance?

Thank you.

Answer 1

If you encrypt all data that you store in Firebase with a key that is only known to the client, it will not be readable by anyone but that client.

Update (20160528): As of a few months ago all data for the Firebase Database is also encrypt ed at rest.