diff --git a/web/packages/base/crypto/ente-impl.ts b/web/packages/base/crypto/ente-impl.ts
index 831dab029c..a5c5b93c0e 100644
--- a/web/packages/base/crypto/ente-impl.ts
+++ b/web/packages/base/crypto/ente-impl.ts
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ export const _encryptAssociatedData = libsodium.encryptChaChaOneShot;
 
 export const _encryptThumbnail = _encryptAssociatedData;
 
-export const _encryptMetadataBytes = (r: EncryptBytes) =>
+export const _encryptAssociatedB64Data = (r: EncryptBytes) =>
     _encryptAssociatedData(r).then(EncryptedBytesToB64);
 
-export const _encryptFileEmbedding = _encryptMetadataBytes;
+export const _encryptFileEmbedding = _encryptAssociatedB64Data;
 
 export const _encryptMetadataJSON = ({ jsonValue, keyB64 }: EncryptJSON) =>
-    _encryptMetadataBytes({
+    _encryptAssociatedB64Data({
         data: new TextEncoder().encode(JSON.stringify(jsonValue)),
         keyB64,
     });
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export const _decryptAssociatedData = libsodium.decryptChaChaOneShot;
 
 export const _decryptThumbnail = _decryptAssociatedData;
 
-export const _decryptMetadataBytes = async ({
+export const _decryptAssociatedB64Data = async ({
     encryptedDataB64,
     decryptionHeaderB64,
     keyB64,
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ export const _decryptMetadataBytes = async ({
         keyB64,
     });
 
-export const _decryptFileEmbedding = _decryptMetadataBytes;
+export const _decryptFileEmbedding = _decryptAssociatedB64Data;
 
 export const _decryptMetadataJSON = async (r: DecryptB64) =>
     JSON.parse(
-        new TextDecoder().decode(await _decryptMetadataBytes(r)),
+        new TextDecoder().decode(await _decryptAssociatedB64Data(r)),
     ) as unknown;
diff --git a/web/packages/base/crypto/ente.ts b/web/packages/base/crypto/ente.ts
index eaa8482eab..0a2b394f94 100644
--- a/web/packages/base/crypto/ente.ts
+++ b/web/packages/base/crypto/ente.ts
@@ -93,18 +93,18 @@ export const encryptThumbnail = (r: EncryptBytes) =>
     assertInWorker(ei._encryptThumbnail(r));
 
 /**
- * A variant of {@link encryptAssociatedData} that returns the encrypted data in
- * the result as a base64 string instead of its bytes.
+ * A variant of {@link encryptAssociatedData} that returns the encrypted data as
+ * a base64 string instead of returning its bytes.
  *
- * Use {@link decryptMetadataBytes} to decrypt the result.
+ * Use {@link decryptAssociatedB64Data} to decrypt the result.
  */
-export const encryptMetadataBytes = (r: EncryptBytes) =>
-    assertInWorker(ei._encryptMetadataBytes(r));
+export const encryptAssociatedB64Data = (r: EncryptBytes) =>
+    assertInWorker(ei._encryptAssociatedB64Data(r));
 
 /**
  * Encrypted the embedding associated with a file using the file's key.
  *
- * This is just an alias for {@link encryptMetadataBytes}.
+ * This is just an alias for {@link encryptAssociatedB64Data}.
  *
  * Use {@link decryptFileEmbedding} to decrypt the result.
  */
@@ -151,14 +151,15 @@ export const decryptThumbnail = (r: DecryptBytes) =>
     assertInWorker(ei._decryptThumbnail(r));
 
 /**
- * Decrypt metadata associated with an Ente object.
+ * A variant of {@link decryptAssociatedData} that expects the encrypted data as
+ * a base64 encoded string.
  *
- * This is the sibling of {@link decryptMetadataBytes}.
+ * This is the sibling of {@link decryptAssociatedB64Data}.
  */
-export const decryptMetadataBytes = (r: DecryptB64) =>
+export const decryptAssociatedB64Data = (r: DecryptB64) =>
     inWorker()
-        ? ei._decryptMetadataBytes(r)
-        : sharedCryptoWorker().then((w) => w.decryptMetadataBytes(r));
+        ? ei._decryptAssociatedB64Data(r)
+        : sharedCryptoWorker().then((w) => w.decryptAssociatedB64Data(r));
 
 /**
  * Decrypt the embedding associated with a file using the file's key.
diff --git a/web/packages/base/crypto/worker.ts b/web/packages/base/crypto/worker.ts
index 32b62b327a..c4a1dc1b62 100644
--- a/web/packages/base/crypto/worker.ts
+++ b/web/packages/base/crypto/worker.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export class CryptoWorker {
     encryptThumbnail = ei._encryptThumbnail;
     encryptMetadataJSON = ei._encryptMetadataJSON;
     decryptThumbnail = ei._decryptThumbnail;
-    decryptMetadataBytes = ei._decryptMetadataBytes;
+    decryptAssociatedB64Data = ei._decryptAssociatedB64Data;
     decryptMetadataJSON = ei._decryptMetadataJSON;
 
     // TODO: -- AUDIT BELOW --
diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/services/user-entity.ts b/web/packages/new/photos/services/user-entity.ts
index 3383ed42de..6be7c699be 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/services/user-entity.ts
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/services/user-entity.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { decryptMetadataBytes } from "@/base/crypto/ente";
+import { decryptAssociatedB64Data } from "@/base/crypto/ente";
 import { authenticatedRequestHeaders, ensureOk } from "@/base/http";
 import { apiURL } from "@/base/origins";
 import { z } from "zod";
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ export const userEntityDiff = async (
     entityKeyB64: string,
 ): Promise<UserEntity[]> => {
     const decrypt = (encryptedDataB64: string, decryptionHeaderB64: string) =>
-        decryptMetadataBytes({
+        decryptAssociatedB64Data({
             encryptedDataB64,
             decryptionHeaderB64,
             keyB64: entityKeyB64,