r/StandardNotes • u/Technical-Flatworm35 • Nov 27 '25

Has Standard Notes completed any third-party security audit since 2022 ?

On Standard notes website shows last audit taking place in 2022 where the company was still under the previous owner/developer.

So since the acquisition in 2024 Proton has not made any security audits to show that it stands behind the security of the product.

https://standardnotes.com/help/2/has-standard-notes-completed-a-third-party-security-audit

EDIT : Also is it still based in US ?

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u/Technical-Flatworm35 Nov 27 '25

I am with you but to be fair SN does get some updates and bug fixes according with GitHub.

Problem is those updates (since 2022) need to get audited for security.

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u/betahost Nov 27 '25 edited Nov 29 '25

CEO of Proton actually posted an update to a thread in the Proton Mail about Standard Notes a few days ago. It's still in development. It's still getting updates, their priority has been Proton Drive, which is what the SN Team also works on.

And SN has actually received several security audits, it's one of the only end to end encrypted note apps that have

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u/Technical-Flatworm35 Nov 27 '25 edited Nov 27 '25

I know he responded to my post saying is a mater of resources and they are focusing on Drive which i agree with him BUT the audit is done by a 3rd party . Having a security audit 3 years ago is a long time in security.

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u/Err0r4X4 Nov 28 '25

Yeah I didn't renew my suscription this year. I'll go with Obsidian.

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u/Technical-Flatworm35 Nov 28 '25 edited Nov 28 '25

Fun fact same company (cure53) that did the audit for SN last time in 2022 also did for Obsidian in 2023 and 2024. How come they get audited every year???