EverNote Alternatives for the Linux User
Hello! I'm sure members of this forum have heard of this but I just found out that Evernote has updated their privacy policy (<https://help.evernote.com/hc/en-us/articles/235660588>) to allow "some Evernote employees to exercise oversight of machine learning technologies applied to account content, subject to the limits described below, for the purposes of developing and improving the Evernote service." The notice goes on to say, "While our computer systems do a pretty good job, sometimes a limited amount of human review is simply unavoidable in order to make sure everything is working exactly as it should." (<http://www.computerworld.com/article/3150469/cloud-computing/evernote-changes-its-privacy-policy-and-once-again-alarms-its-users.html>) I was wondering if there are any Linux-friendly alternatives to Evernote that members of this forum would recommend? Ideally, I would want "cloud" access so I can add notes both from an Android app and from a web browser app. There are other features, like image capture, which would be nice but I know that can be replicated in other ways. The caveat would be that my information is encrypted or secured from the issue above. Is this even possible? Thanks, Brad -- Brad Fonseca Mobile: 416-876-2191
On 15 December 2016 at 12:40, Brad Fonseca via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
Hello!
I'm sure members of this forum have heard of this but I just found out that Evernote has updated their privacy policy (<https://help.evernote.com/hc/en-us/articles/235660588>) to allow "some Evernote employees to exercise oversight of machine learning technologies applied to account content, subject to the limits described below, for the purposes of developing and improving the Evernote service." The notice goes on to say, "While our computer systems do a pretty good job, sometimes a limited amount of human review is simply unavoidable in order to make sure everything is working exactly as it should." (<http://www.computerworld.com/article/3150469/cloud-computing/evernote-changes-its-privacy-policy-and-once-again-alarms-its-users.html>)
I was wondering if there are any Linux-friendly alternatives to Evernote that members of this forum would recommend? Ideally, I would want "cloud" access so I can add notes both from an Android app and from a web browser app. There are other features, like image capture, which would be nice but I know that can be replicated in other ways. The caveat would be that my information is encrypted or secured from the issue above. Is this even possible?
I've just discovered "Google Keep." I'm not saying it solves any of the woes you're mentioning, I just put it out there as an alternative. I like it, but I admit I'm deliberately not trusting it with important stuff, just my grocery list. I'd also argue that any data you store on a remote server in unencrypted form is inevitably subject to occasional human eyeballs. A classic example is a sysadmin trying to fix a busted mail spool: sometimes you just have to look at the data. So I'm not sure how much their policy-based admission of this fact actually changes the reality. -- Giles http://www.gilesorr.com/ gilesorr@gmail.com
I second google keep, but I trust it way more with my data ignoring the uneasy feeling that it might be exposed. A linux friendly solution would be to host your own git repository or use unison -- the problem really starts with android and web-browser friendly solutions. For git -- there are plenty of frontend, you can just get a paid github account, or set up your own gitlab instance. I'm not aware of any frontends to unison. Another alternative -- ownCloud. This is probably what you want, but you need to set up your own PHP webserver, which is a pain. I think they might have a docker image for that. I've set it myOwnCloud once, but I wanted to use it under different circumstances -- desktop sync, for which it was too slow. I found this after quick googling -- http://alternativeto.net/software/google-keep/?platform=self-hosted Laverna seems really interesting -- https://laverna.cc/ There's an android app for it -- https://github.com/Laverna/laverna/releases However the android app doesn't seem to be in the app store. Alex. On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 12:40 PM, Brad Fonseca via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
Hello!
I'm sure members of this forum have heard of this but I just found out that Evernote has updated their privacy policy (<https://help.evernote.com/hc/en-us/articles/235660588>) to allow "some Evernote employees to exercise oversight of machine learning technologies applied to account content, subject to the limits described below, for the purposes of developing and improving the Evernote service." The notice goes on to say, "While our computer systems do a pretty good job, sometimes a limited amount of human review is simply unavoidable in order to make sure everything is working exactly as it should." (<http://www.computerworld.com/article/3150469/cloud- computing/evernote-changes-its-privacy-policy-and-once- again-alarms-its-users.html>)
I was wondering if there are any Linux-friendly alternatives to Evernote that members of this forum would recommend? Ideally, I would want "cloud" access so I can add notes both from an Android app and from a web browser app. There are other features, like image capture, which would be nice but I know that can be replicated in other ways. The caveat would be that my information is encrypted or secured from the issue above. Is this even possible?
Thanks,
Brad
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