Why End-to-End Encryption Should Be the Default for File Sharing, Not a Premium Feature As a developer, I've spent a lot of time thinking about how we handle file sharing — and one thing keeps bothering me: E2EE is still being sold as a premium feature in 2025. It shouldn't be. Here's why. 🔐 The Illusion of "Secure" When most people upload a file to a cloud service, they assume it's secure. And technically? They're not wrong — files are usually encrypted in transit and at rest. But here's the part that gets quietly glossed over: If the provider holds the encryption keys, they can read your files. It's like leaving a spare key with your landlord and trusting them not to use it. That's not real privacy — that's a promise. End-to-End Encryption changes this fundamentally. With E2EE, your file is encrypted on your device before it ever hits the server. The service provider only sees scrambled data. They literally cannot read what you sent.…