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 username="http://joeyh.name/"
 ip="68.119.100.5"
 subject="comment 8"
 date="2013-01-20T20:37:09Z"
 content="""
If encryption is not used, the files are stored in S3 as-is, and can be accessed directly. The S3 bucket contains object named using the git-annex key, rather than the original filename. To get back to the original filename, a copy of the git repo would also be needed.

With encryption, you need the gpg key used in the encryption, or, for shared encryption, a symmetric key which is stored in the git repo.

See [[future proofing]] for non-S3 specific discussion of this topic.
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