2Wheeler

Thanks for this practical and minimally obtrusive iPad encryption workaround.

Of all the replies, Boot17’s is the most helpful since it is minimally inconvenient and, unless I am missing something, provides the encryption security I am seeking. Replies from other forum members seem to blame me for the shortcomings of the encryption tool and/or recommend alternatives that require significant effort using external encryption tools. I get that no encryption method is completely secure and that users need to be aware of the limitations of whatever method they use. My point is that Evernote should (and should have from the beginning) informed users of the limitations of its encryption which have been pointed out by forum members, and should have suggested the workaround in Byte17’s reply.

Based on the answers I received, l am puzzled and disappointed. There is desktop encryption for selected text and I assumed, apparently wrongly, that this encryption securely protects it from being read by anyone, inside or outside of Evernote. I have seen no notices in Evernote to the contrary. I have used Evernote encryption to encrypt not only passwords, but also private personal information for the last couple of years, again wrongly assuming those encryptions securely protect them. One answer declared : “…Everyone knows Evernote encryption is only useful to protect against someone looking over your shoulder from reading it.” If Evernote’s encryption is that insecure, there ought to be warnings to that effect to users. I am truly disappointed in such lack of attention to detail by Evernote developers and I wonder what other defects are hidden in its functions.

Encryption in EN works very well for text in notes on desktop PC. Why should I have to use an external program when I want to encrypt text in EN when working on my iPad? Why doesn't EN provide the same encryption tools on the iPad on in EN online as it does on desktop EN?

I use EN to store passwords and other secure text and need to encrypt it to keep it secure. I can do this easily on my desktop PC but can’t do it online or on my iPad. If I type a password into a note on my iPad, I have to remember to go into my desktop EN and encrypt the text. This is very annoying and time-consuming. When is EN going to make it possible to encrypt online and on the iPad?