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BurgersNFries

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  1. the former is recommended by snowden. it has zero knowledge encryption and a "canary" system to inform users if the govt. does try and compel them to hand over data. i don't think it matters so much where they are located as long as they are zero knowledge. Additionally, I've heard it doesn't matter where the company is based, but where the servers are located. However, I have no idea if this is accurate or not.
  2. Onenote allows you to save a notebook on your computer only or to the cloud. The thing I've not figured out is how to make local backups of notebooks in the cloud. There is this thread, that I've not had time to study yet: http://windowsitpro.com/onenote/back-skydrive-hosted-onenote-notebooks# Onenote appears to use zero knowledge encryption b/c when I encrypted a notebook, it gives the message "If you lose or forget the password, Onenote cannot recover your data."
  3. Ah, yes, asking users is so tedious. My favorite response to this thread was early one when an apparent developer explained that Evernote selects the image with the "biggest smallest dimension." HAHAHAHA. I plan to use that as a fantastic example of exceptionally poor human design. The analogy for bad machine programming would be writing code instructing the system to select the "coolest image." I don't recall 'tedious' being stated as to why they don't ask their users. But clearly, EN does not see this as a high priority. Debating why is pointless.
  4. Actually, the first post to veer off topic was post 21 by someone who was not an evangelist. Posts 27 & 28 were also OT by a non-evangelist. And of course, it's still being dragged out by yourself in your latest post. Once again, this is not the venue to discuss what you don't like about other users. If anyone feels a post goes against the forum code of conduct, use the report button.
  5. I would like to remind everyone that this remains a users board. If you feel any post goes against the forum code of conduct, you can use the report button that is located on each & every post. Other than that, all users are free to post and are expected to keep their posts on topic. I will also remind you that the report button is not for reporting posts you do not like or by posters you do not like. It's fair to assume we are all adults & should behave that way. This is not the place to discuss what you don't like about your fellow message board members. There was nothing wrong with Scott's replies & it's clear that he was trying to be helpful. I will reiterate what Gaz said... Perhaps this thread can get back on (and remain on) topic, since I assume that threads that devolve into this type of "discussion" will continue to be locked.
  6. I have over 63,000 notes in my main account & very rarely come across dups. But when I do, like Jefito & Factman, it's a "so what?" moment. I either merge them or put one in the trash, depending upon my mood. IE, if I'm not entirely sure they are dups, I merge them. NBD. But certainly I don't have "tons of duplicates" and this is not a "must have" for me. One of my "must haves" is having the Windows client be able to handle the large number of notes. (It doesn't). Or the iOS client able to handle large accounts. (It doesn't) Or have the web client search produce the same results the Windows client does. (It doesn't). Or having the note count the same between all clients when you have notebooks shared to you. (They aren't). Yeah, those are what I consider "must haves". But dups? No big deal. (shrug)
  7. Please read post #20 (the one that is right before your post.)
  8. Premium offers many things over free accounts. I don't know why hiding or (semi-customize, whatever that means) would be something that would generally be expected.
  9. If it's true, I'm sure they appreciate you keeping it quiet.
  10. Ok, please point out where EN has called Linux users children. If you're going to make the claim, you need to be able to support it. As far as EN making a Linux client, it's been repeatedly stated & AFAIK, nothing has changed.
  11. You make generalizations like "the EN evangelists on the different threads who subtly, and not so subtly, berate the rest of us for not adopting the organizational structure that is given to us from above" I'm pretty sure no one has berated anyone. However, we do say if that's a deal breaker for you, then sure, you need to find another app. I don't know why anyone would take offense to that, since it's honest. I also don't get why "One poster even said that she learned by experimenting on the program daily and keeps learning something new and hinted the rest of us just need to buckle down and study more." is offensive to you. Pretty much every new app takes some learning in order to use it to it's fullest extent. And finally, as I said above, if sub notebooks are a deal breaker for you, then yes, you need to find another app that better suits your needs. Different strokes for different folks & that's why there's chocolate & vanilla. Good luck!
  12. This is a users board. EN staff post occasionally. And EN does not publish their roadmap or ETAs.
  13. Then you can use the alternate methods...clipping four times or making four copies. It's doubtful EN would ever allow the same note to reside in multiple notebooks & may even be impossible...just as you cannot store a file on your hard drive in multiple folders. You have to make copies.
  14. The customer is not always king. When two customers each want a feature that is mutually exclusive, who wins? Or a feature would negatively impact something about the product. Or there are higher priorities. Or the devs have simply decided to not incorporate a particular feature, for whatever reason. After all, they owe it to existing customers AND employees to make good business decisions so the company can (hopefully) remain profitable. Simply being a paying customer and expecting something you want changed to be changed is unreasonable.
  15. Evernote is not Springpad. Given that Springpad has died & EN has over 100 million users, it seems EN has gotten some things right. Evernote's philosophy is a note lives in just one notebook. It's doubtful this philosophy will change any time soon, if ever. As has been stated many times, tags are the way to be able to retrieve/organize notes. You can look at it this way, tags can replicate notebooks & by using tags, a note can appear to be in "Notebook A" (a tag) as well as "Notebook B" (a tag).
  16. You seem to think because you think Apple products and Windows OS are inferior that that's a fact. Well guess what? It's not a fact & simply your opinion. Each has their own pros & cons as does Linux. WRT Evernote, you can always use the web client. Would you settle for the web client? Isnt the fact that this topic has been hashed and re hashed so many times generally point towards there being public interest? I understand that they have said "NO" they are not doing one and we realise that you personally cannot do anything about that however.....Isn't expressing our interest to them either directly or in the forums the best way to get our views across? Customer feedback? If we just simply say nothing then that confirms that "No linux client" was a good decision. I imagine converting their "FREE" members to "PREMIUM" would be high on their priority list and creating a linux client would be as good way to do that. No one is objecting to anyone expressing their desire for a Linux client. But all the conspiracy theories regularly posed about why EN has made that decision are fair game for debate, even if it is strictly academic. And to answer your first question, yes, I use the web client every day.
  17. I have two Livescribe pens that I use for important meetings. If I were taking classes, I would definitately use them. IME. sometimes, when something is very important, low tech (pen & paper) is the most reliable method. Plus, I like being able to listen to the audio.
  18. To re-reiterate & be extremely clear..."zero knowledge" encryption is mutually exclusive from one of Evernote's main draws which is indexing your data. So although they may add this in the future, it's not their main focus. If you want total zero knowledge encryption, you should seek out a backup program. There are several very good ones out there. Evernote is not a backup program, nor are they striving to be. There really is nothing more I have to add.
  19. I don't believe anyone said you wrote about data mining...??? Evernote is not & I doubt they ever will be HIPAA compliant, which I believe is a requirement for the medical industry.
  20. Please read the thread I linked to above. It's thorough & I'm not inclined to rewrite what I've already written. If you want a simple yes/no answer, then it's really simple...if you don't want a hacker getting your data, then don't put it in any cloud unless it is encrypted with an encryption key that is not known to the hosting company. I use Amazon S3 servers for this. But Evernote is not a backup app...it indexes your data & cannot do this if the data is truly & securely encrypted.
  21. Evernote does not data mine. If your data is encrypted on the EN servers, it cannot be indexed, which is a big part of Evernote's appeal. If you say to use your logon password as part of the encryption password, then that's not much more secure than no encryption. You may find this old thread informative.
  22. Well, as this is your first post, maybe you are in the wrong class. Or maybe you need to learn more about the apps & what they can or cannot do before condemning them. There are plenty of uses for Evernote that do not include arranging notes manually. However, I'm easily able to copy/paste screen shots into my notebooks. Or arrange the photos within the notes. There is plenty of information here on the board about how to use EN, if you're interested. Good luck.
  23. It's really tiring when someone attributes inaccurate info to other users. I'm pretty certain no evangelist ever said a diff is not required. Please link to any post you've found that does make such a claim. Unless & until you do, it appears you are twisting words to suit your own agenda & is just a cheap pot shot and, well, laughable. (To use your own word). Thank you.
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