Encryption

[chrisbulle 26]

Hi good folks of Evernote,

 

I am losing sleep over encryption. 

 

Editing encrypted text is a major headache because every time I just so much as look somwhere else, it collapses and I have to re-open it. 

Also, I worry that when I unencrypt text and encrypt it later on, Evernote might have taken a snapshot of the note to save it, ending up with my secret stuff in the clear.

 

There should be an option "show encrypted text until quit / for x hours".

 

 

[grberk 26]

I just wish Evernote would offer a way to password-protect or encrypt the note at the note or folder level, and not require users to do their own encryption from their end. It's a major hassle to do this way. Before any of you say "you should encrypt your data before you attach it to a note"..... yeah I know I could (or should) do that. But if I want to use the web interface to open/edit a note that is encrypted, there is no simple way to keep all of that in the web UX.

[gazumped 11,652]

Not much I can say - Evernote play most things close to their collective chest,  encryption doubly so.  We can only wait and see what gets released...

[grberk 26]

They've been pretty vocal in the past about not wanting to be involved in encryption. I can't imagine that has position has changed much, and that's unfortunate if it's true. There is a huge market of businesses and users that don't use Evernote for this very reason. I tried and tried to get my company to get with Evernote, and it would have been a fantastic tool for our team to use at a previous employer, but Evernote was/is not compliant for storing private financial/customer data on an external network, so they would never consider it.

[gazumped 11,652]

I work in circles that won't store data on servers they don't own full stop.  Encryption is a required standard,  but isn't the main issue.  Evernote has hinted in the past about Enterprise plans,  and the current Business may be a first step in that direction.

[GrumpyMonkey 4,319]

An encrypted notebook would make a huge difference, especially if it was zero-knowledge encryption. I don't know how likely people would adopt it, but if it were implemented in a user-friendly manner, I could see all kinds of personal and enterprise options. It won't be for everyone, especially if they won't even get near the cloud, but it would solve a lot of problems for others.

[Joebabe 0]

I have same issue as chrisbulle.  I right click and it does nothing.  I left click and I can enter the passphrase to view, but I can no longer edit, copy paste or do anything.  I'd simply like to do away with encryption, but that option doesn't pop up no matter what I click.  I'm on modern Windows 8 machine accessing from Chrome

[gazumped 11,652]

I have same issue as chrisbulle.  I right click and it does nothing.  I left click and I can enter the passphrase to view, but I can no longer edit, copy paste or do anything.  I'd simply like to do away with encryption, but that option doesn't pop up no matter what I click.  I'm on modern Windows 8 machine accessing from Chrome

 

This thread isn't about encryption problems.  Have you tried different browsers to see if this is a browser add-in issue?  Have you tried the desktop client?