Mac Posted December 19, 2016 Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 Not(e) sure if people have been following the ever expanding issues with Evernote's service over Security & Privacy? I'm a big Evernote user - well, was anyways. It's all changed due to their privacy and security policies. If you are a user of the service just be aware of what you should/shouldn't put on there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameo Posted December 19, 2016 Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 (edited) Well that's a bit poo. I'm a big user too but I have no idea what I'd replace it with that is so easy to use across so many platforms and devices. That's another thing to add to the Christmas holiday 'to do list' Thanks for sharing Edited December 19, 2016 by Cameo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 All my sensitive stuff is encrypted. They state that if you do that, content cannot be read or retrieved without the pass phrase - you lose it, you lose it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted December 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 Yeah, what about attachments? You have to encrypt them separately in the source app. It's a PITA. I just don't like their default open position, it's uncomfortable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 I've always struggled with Evernote. I got the Premium version free from O2 but I still couldn't get into usinig it. However, I know it has a massive fan base and I am astonished at what I've just read above. How on earth can it be acceptable for data not to be encrypted. More importantly, how is it even remotely right that their staff have been able to read what users place on their accounts? I agree that their stance on it, and it seems somewhat defiant, is unacceptable. It sounds rather like a company that is ready to take the money and run, frankly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted December 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 Yup. It made me investigate it some more. I've had numerous emails over the last week from clients/customers saying that employees are not allowed now to keep any corp data on Evernote. Think they've massively shot themselves in the bank balance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 Just a note of thanks to Mac - sent your blog to my sister, who is now changing her university department policy on where to store potentially sensitive research data. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted December 26, 2016 Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 On 22/12/2016 at 11:24 PM, Mac said: Yeah, what about attachments? You have to encrypt them separately in the source app. It's a PITA. I just don't like their default open position, it's uncomfortable. Yeah, PITA for PDFs, but not too hard on a Mac. Way more painful on a Windoze box. I'm apparently paid up till late 2018, so will bide my time and see if anything else comes along. I use Boxcryptor for all my "cloud" file stuff, but keeping things as files is also nowadays painful - even if it is available on all my machines, tablets nad phones (using a AES256 4096 bit key). Evernote's similarly useful as it too is on every device I have and thus sync'd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted December 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 I just don't like systems that default open. It's relying on you not making a mistake when securing your data. I'd rather it was the other way around. Evernote have done themselves some serious damage with this. I work with a lot of public sector bodies - ranging from basic security right up to the top-ish levels, and all I've seen for the last couple of weeks is direction that Evernote must not be used. That's got to hurt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted December 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 On 22/12/2016 at 5:28 PM, garcon magnifique said: Just a note of thanks to Mac - sent your blog to my sister, who is now changing her university department policy on where to store potentially sensitive research data. As a side note to this M..er, Garcon, University and education is their biggest sector I believe...You know what my lass got in her college email a week or so ago? Direction not to use Evernote. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted January 2, 2017 Report Share Posted January 2, 2017 (edited) On 28/12/2016 at 3:34 AM, Mac said: I just don't like systems that default open. It's relying on you not making a mistake when securing your data. I'd rather it was the other way around. Evernote have done themselves some serious damage with this. I work with a lot of public sector bodies - ranging from basic security right up to the top-ish levels, and all I've seen for the last couple of weeks is direction that Evernote must not be used. That's got to hurt. Send them a rocket and see if you get a response back... TBH I do not think they ever touted it as being very secure - the free version for example when I first looked didn't even use SSL/TLS between the client and servers. Backlash has ripple and splash effects: https://evernote.com/legal/privacy.php https://evernote.com/security/ https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-encrypt-your-files-2487243 etc. Will be interesting to see if folks like Google Keep and co start offering online "strong box" type capabilities. Edited January 2, 2017 by Rachel added URLs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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