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  • Joplin At Rest Encryption With Tomb On Linux

    Spooky Graveyard

    To Encrypt At Rest Or Not To?

    There has been a lot of (passionate) debates on Joplin’s forum about its SQLite 3 database showing everything in clear text.

    And by everything, I literally mean “everything”. Including your master encryption password.

    Now, my intention here isn’t to fuel another debate. Joplin passed several security audits. Long story short: if you want your computer to remain safe (as much as possible), encrypt your whole hard-drive.

    This is indeed a best practice.

    Instead of discussing whether or not Joplin should encrypt its database, I’ll share the additional layer of security I laid out on my Linux machines using tomb.

    By the way, if you have no idea what I’m talking about (what the hell is Joplin?), I suggest you read my previous post: From Evernote To Joplin.

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  • From Evernote To Joplin

    Joplin's Application Icon
    Joplin’s Application Icon

    I recently came across Joplin.

    Simply put, Joplin is a free open source replacement for Evernote.

    I’m an Evernote subscriber. However, I don’t use it that much. And I don’t have that many notes.

    Let me be clear: Evernote offers a brilliant service, there is no denying that, it’s absolutely great and super convenient. But, in my case, for less than a 100 notes, I’m not fully convinced it’s worth the price.

    Furthermore, Joplin has a few “punchy” arguments to put in a fair fight:

    • It’s free and open source (I know, I already said that, but it’s important).
    • It’s cross-platform (nodejs to the core). There are apps for Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android, and iOS. There is even an app to use it on the command line (Vim style)!
    • It works locally (no need for an internet connection), but enables synchronization with remote sharing services. Thus Yes! It can sync your notes across devices (using the WebDAV protocol).
    • It supports end-to-end encryption with zero knowledge: notes are encrypted locally before being transferred.
    • It integrates fully with Nextcloud!

    Honestly, if the first few arguments weren’t enough, although I was definitely intrigued, the last 2 won me on the spot.

    So let’s have a look at the beast.

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