Ask HN: What are you doing to protect the privacy of your notes?
I’ve used many note-taking tools. But over time, my expectations have changed. Right now, my focus is entirely on privacy. When I looked at privacy-focused note-taking tools, I couldn’t make up my mind.
For example, I’m currently using Obsidian. But some of its features aren’t quite what I want, and it still feels like it’s lacking in terms of privacy.
I wanted to ask this question in case you use any privacy-focused note-taking tools or have some techniques you use with existing tools.
Such as, I came up with an idea like this for Obsidian, but I didn’t implement it. It keeps notes in a folder. I even thought about creating something that would constantly scan that folder using Python so I could encrypt new notes and store them on my own server. But as I said, I didn’t do it. It was just an idea.
I haven’t done it yet. I just wanted to ask you all to expand my knowledge.
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There was one problem: synchronization. Since I couldn’t figure that out, I couldn’t move forward with the idea.
Even if encryption alone seems sufficient, being able to access my notes from different devices just isn’t enough.
I want to be able to access my notes from my computer and my phone—even when I’m not at home—but with maximum privacy and security.
I realize this is a bit of a challenge. But I’m still pursuing a solution.