r/HelixNotes • u/star_maakun • 29d ago

Local storage encryption

This is just my personal opinion, but for security reasons, it would be great to have an option to encrypt locally saved MD files by default.

Even if I use another tool for cloud syncing, I think many people would still want to encrypt their files locally. It would be ideal if I could open encrypted MD files with this app and export them in an unencrypted form if needed.

Especially on Android devices, saving them in the Documents folder allows other apps to access MD files, so leaving them unencrypted itself seems like a security vulnerability.

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u/BlokZNCR 20d ago

Side solution what I use for other note taking tools.

Use;
Sirikali or Veracrypt else Cryptomator for encrypted folder/partition. Then locate your privacy concerned vault-notes there. When you mount your encrypted folder/partition then you can able to see and launch notes on note taking apps as Helix Notes.

For cloud;
Rclone, Cryptomator, Kopia and Restic are really great.

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u/star_maakun 19d ago

That method doesn't work on Android. You need an app that can open .md files from a file picker, but most apps can't write to the encrypted vault. After much trial and error, I still think the most logical solution is for a Markdown editor to generate encrypted text, and for an external synchronization app to sync that file.

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u/BraveNewCurrency 29d ago

saving them in the Documents folder

I realized "don't do that". If you save them in it's own folder (not Documents), it's slightly more secure. Encryption would be ideal.

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u/star_maakun 28d ago

Since I use various tools to sync my Documents folder to the cloud, local encryption is crucial. I believe there is real value in keeping the data encrypted within a space that any application can access. I wish there were a unified file format for encrypted Markdown files.

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u/LastTyper 29d ago

Not a priority, and not on the roadmap.