>start a journal in text editor to summarize my twisted mental state for therapy>obsidian.md>paranoia rears its head>someone can read it, you must stop>start looking for ways to hide the journal from malicious eyes>password-protection by a plugin works, but the files are still open to read because fucking obsidian>See a plugin to encrypt the text>But wait, surely it takes a shitload of time to encrypt and decrypt?>No, near instant>lightbulb.exe>Holy shit, it's that easy>Discover Veracrypt>Smooth like butter>OH BOY ITS ENCRYPTING TIMEI've spent 8 hours encrypting every personal data I have on PC, Laptop and backups. I've conquered paranoia through sheer power of technology. Never felt so secure in my life. Even CIA can't reach me now.
why is this so hilarious to me
>>107788216you don't have issues if you choose to see a therapist
>>107788216all these body movements and in vim its literally just :X
>>107788216>password-protection by a plugin works, but the files are still open to read because fucking obsidian
>>107788328It's not that dumb, Obsidian wants anyone to do what they want with their files, not need for obsidian or anything else than any text-reader. Too bad it lacks schizo-compatibility.
>>107788357Honestly I'm not blaming obsidian but I absolutely am blaming the guy that developed the plugin. From what little I've seen of obsidian I doubt it wouldn't be possible to build an actual encryption plugin if you wanted to but veracrypt is much better either way. Good choice anon.
>>107788381To ge fair, password function is likely only to guard Obsidian from neanderthals not capable of just clicking into the files outside of the application (which is >95% population). Can never be too safe, though.Now I only need to write some simple script that will mount a veracrypt encrypted folder and automatically open obsidian vault inside - after asking for password, of course. Mounting every time I open laptop is going to get old eventually, otherwise.
>>107788216Veracrypt is bad because as soon as you mount the volume, anything can read the data inside. All your files are just sitting there decrypted and accessible to any malware
>>107788216tincanapp.org
>>107788872If I understand this correctly, it's a private way to communicate with others through encryption? I don't see it covering any activity I have other stuff for.Signal and Session is already enough for day-to-day crime.
>>107788825Okay buddy, so what's the alternative? Am I supposed to get even more paranoid and expect for a malware to sneak into my mounted veracrypt file even on Linux?How exactly should I proceed then? If you know of a better encryption method feel free to share :)
You wouldn't need to encrypt if you didn't have a journal to begin with
>>107788216Watch out anon, the therapist is working for the government.
>>107788216
I once accidentally shared my personal notes files but they were encrypted so this does rescue from autism
>>107797684Ah yes, I will use the least words/minute way of writing that is also prone to damage, not to mention how easy to access unless you use a cipher. I already use pen&paper for notes as I believe it's better for remembering the material, but it's inefficient as hell. Definitely not for personal information.
>he uses obsidian.mdNo no no, wait.>HE USES A PROPRIETARY TEXT EDITOR THAT ONLY DOES ONE FORMATKYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA~!
>>107792659NTA, but he's got a point though buddy. Text is extremely small and could be siphoned off your machine without you ever noticing. When encrypted contents are unlocked on the machine, they're visible to all processes that have access to your filesystem and user read permissions, not to mention available in RAM when you're interacting with it. Sure malware could steal your journal entries from ram, but also consider does your text editor make auto saves anywhere? Is there any benign service on your machine that might cache content somewhere for performance, rending the encryption entirely pointless? Are you copy/pasting portions of your entries to edit them, leaving them in your clipboard history? Are you running X window system that is basically a keylogger, giving access to text in one window to all other windows by default?
I’m pretty sure the glowies cracked veracrypt as soon as it came out
>>107798001There's nothing fullproof but you could always just have an airgapped device for your notes, or a VM. I use emacs to decrypt .gpg files and store their contents in memory and have ensured autosaving it off. Something could snoop my emacs ram but that's beyond my security scope, I'm not handling nuclear launch codes
>>107792659Encrypt files individually and only decrypt them when needed. Don't decrypt your entire vault to read one file, exposing every other file even though you don't need them.
>>107798001It is true the data can likely be siphoned from RAM, but as I use Linux and slowly move from suspicious software like Chrome etc. As far as I know Obsidian doesn't keep the data anywhere but the vault's folder. I'm admittedly not aware of clipboard history mechanic, but cursory google indicates I'd need a software for it, so likely not a built-in mechanic (might depend on distro, though).All in all, I don't think I should be afraid of RAM siphoning or anything like this unless I start doing things that would make people capable of such things target me.One can never be too paranoid...but there's a point where excessive security cripples the workflow and tasks to a too-hight degree. As >>107798406 adviced to encrypt files individually, that is not a realistic choice due to how I organize my thoughts and notes. A single large document? Reasonable. Obsidian's web of notes? Not so much. Honestly, unless I want to commit to an unplugged from web device dedicated to writing I don't see increasing my security even more. Unless I'd made another device that would run encrypted Obsidian on itself and only *stream* the text editor to my screen, rendering the writing secure as long as my screen is not captured and my keys not logged. That's unproductive levels of security, though.
>>107799837If you're not encryption files individually with different passwords and random salts then you weren't very paranoid to begin with. Enjoy your placebo
>>107788216Literally just online encrypt your whole disk with bitlocker. It's 2026 bro.
Guess who finished the script that automated mounting veracrypt vault and opening Obsidian within?Why the FUCK does Linux need a " " path to executable if there's a space in a folder name...BUT NOT FOR ICON PATH. What the fuck. If not for Gemini I would never guess this shit. A fuck-you type of system logic.
>>107801163you can avoid using " " by using a escape sequence(it won't work in some config files so you are better of using ""):New\ Year\ Resolutionis same as "New Year Resolution"
New\ Year\ Resolution
Obsidian is electron slop, just use vim
>>107788216Dont worry OP they already got all the info they need. You will be put in jail promptly.
>>107788825is it not the same with luks?
>>107788240
OP, take your meds
>>107788216Maybe use a typewriter + a safe or a strongbox?
