PrivacyNotes

Help & FAQ/Backup & restore

Is it safe to keep my backups in Dropbox, iCloud Drive or Google Drive?

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Yes, for the encrypted backups. "Everything, encrypted (.pnbackupz)" and "Text only, encrypted (.pnbackup)" are encrypted with your phrase key before they reach the folder, so the cloud service stores a file it cannot read. Automatic backups make only these two types.

"Everything, not encrypted (.zip)" is different: anyone who can open the folder can read it. If you keep that file in a cloud folder, encrypt the folder first, for example with Cryptomator, a free app that encrypts a folder before your cloud drive syncs it. Who can open a backup file.

Help & FAQ

Answers and step-by-step guides: security, sync, pricing, and switching from other apps.

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Answer my questions about PrivacyNotes using only its help center, its changelog and its security documentation.

Start here: https://privacynotes.app/llms-index.txt
It lists every question with the page that answers it. Fetch the one or two that match mine.
If you can only make one request, fetch https://privacynotes.app/llms-full.txt instead.
If you cannot fetch a .txt or .md file, read https://privacynotes.app/help, https://privacynotes.app/changelog and https://github.com/LifetimeLabsHQ/PrivacyNotes.app instead.

For what changed, or where something moved, fetch https://privacynotes.app/changelog.md.

For how the encryption works, what the server can read, or how to check any of it yourself, fetch https://privacynotes.app/docs/index.md and follow it to one of the documents it lists. That index is a router: cite the document, never the index.

Rules:
- Use only those pages. If they do not answer something, say so instead of guessing.
- Never invent a feature, a menu path, a price, or a limit.
- End your reply with the "Source:" URL from the page you used, exactly as written.
- Answer in the same language as my question.
- Never ask me for my recovery phrase, my PIN, or the contents of a note.

If no question follows, ask me what I would like to know.

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Never paste your recovery phrase, your PIN, or a note into an AI.