I use my jump project — it only needs a few lines of Bash using OpenSSL. https://github.com/nolasoft/jump
The real encrypted journal is hidden among several fake ones, so two authentication factors are used: the key and the journal ID.
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Re: Show HN: Mini-Diarium - An encrypted, local, cross-platform journaling app
#62What are the benefits of cramming everything into an app instead of using better editors in an encrypted container?
Honest answer: The pain of setting up an encrypted container. This seems simple, single use and immediately ready to use after downloading.
Re: Show HN: Mini-Diarium - An encrypted, local, cross-platform journaling app
#63What are the benefits of cramming everything into an app instead of using better editors in an encrypted container?
Honest answer: The pain of setting up an encrypted container. This seems simple, single use and immediately ready to use after downloading.
What if the app set up an encrypted container for you in a similar "immediately ready to use after installation" fashion?
Re: Show HN: Mini-Diarium - An encrypted, local, cross-platform journaling app
#64I like the idea, as a niche project for users that don't have control over their hardware/OS, or run on USB flash for portability. Speaking of which, I have notes / journal entries dating back several decades, all in plain text files. I'm worried about these new projects and their longevity and whether it'll be actively supported 30 years from now. For simplicity, I'd use gocryptfs, Veracrypt, or other general file-b…
Definitely a niche thing. Thanks for the feedback
Re: Show HN: Mini-Diarium - An encrypted, local, cross-platform journaling app
#65Some feedback, a screenshot of the main app experience rather than the login screen might help.
thanks for the feedback, i think i will loop the gif. I was more focused on making it as small as possible to be fast and i forgot about the looping.
Re: Show HN: Mini-Diarium - An encrypted, local, cross-platform journaling app
#66This is Nice. However, how do one access their diary, when you stopped maintaining it? Is this targeted more at the technically inclined, high-profile people who need to keep secrets? Personally, I believe that for something like a diary/journal, it should be in a format easily readable by most tools (so a Plain-Text or a MarkDown at best), then it is in a container/folder. Now, encrypt that container/folder instead.…
You could also use plain markdown files, any free Markdown editor/IDE, and git, and sync with a remote Git repo using gcrypt for encryption (git-remote-gcrypt).
It's just a bit of a pain to set up, and also, not mobile-friendly.
Re: Show HN: Mini-Diarium - An encrypted, local, cross-platform journaling app
#67This is Nice. However, how do one access their diary, when you stopped maintaining it? Is this targeted more at the technically inclined, high-profile people who need to keep secrets? Personally, I believe that for something like a diary/journal, it should be in a format easily readable by most tools (so a Plain-Text or a MarkDown at best), then it is in a container/folder. Now, encrypt that container/folder instead.…
You could also use plain markdown files, any free Markdown editor/IDE, and git, and sync with a remote Git repo using gcrypt for encryption (git-remote-gcrypt). It's just a bit of a pain to set up, and also, not mobile-friendly.
yeah, that's the whole point! :D
Re: Show HN: Mini-Diarium - An encrypted, local, cross-platform journaling app
#68Why not simply use your password manager like KeePass to store journal entries and notes?
You certainly can, this is just a different flavor of solving a problem that can be solved in multiple ways.
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#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
Honest answer: The pain of setting up an encrypted container. This seems simple, single use and immediately ready to use after downloading.
What if the app set up an encrypted container for you in a similar "immediately ready to use after installation" fashion?
As a developer, I don't want apps to set up containers on my harddrive, but as a end-user it would be same
Re: Show HN: Mini-Diarium - An encrypted, local, cross-platform journaling app
#70Thank you for sharing this, this is very interesting problem to tackle. I find this interesting mostly to understand how you are handling encryption and security. I think this is one approach but others expressed concern over long term viability. Using Tauri is also very interesting. How did you find using it for this simpler case? Anyhow, very cool project. Don't aband it :)
Hi thanks!! You can find more details about the security in the SECURITY.md https://github.com/fjrevoredo/mini-diarium/blob/master/SECUR...
Regarding Tauri, I liked it a lot. This is my first time using it for any serious project.