The way I view and use Evernote is this: Don't put anything unencrypted into Evernote that I consider sensitive. For sensitive documents I want in Evernote, I encrypt them first (like PDFs) Many PDF tools offer 128-bit encryption Adobe Acrobat X (and later) and other tools also offer 256-bit encryption, but you won't be able to view the PDFs inline. Finally, I am in the process of evaluating Wuala which provides highly encrypted Cloud storage that also can sync to your local files like DropBox. I use this approach too. I don't have many documents I consider too sensitive to hold in my EN c