Hello~ I'm sorry for kind of a silly question, I was just wondering if there are any assurances that can be made about the security of JRNL? Where are the entries stored? Is there any way for another person to remotely access this information? Does any of the information (even stuff like usage data or whatever) get sent to you? Again sorry for the silly questions, I am enjoying the app a lot, and I'm not sure what kind of answer I'm expecting. I am just hesitating to write certain things, like personal/medical stuff, and maybe that's just stuff I'll have to exclude from the journal to feel at ease using it, and that's OK. Thanks again for making JRNL and for your support.
Hi! That's a great question.
JRNL was designed to save entries in a plaintext markdown language. All Entries are saved within a folder called "JRNL Entries" within your documents folder. While the files have the ".jrnl" extension, they are no different from ".html" or ".md" files. This allows them to be readable by the user even after they choose not to use JRNL (in another viewer like https://markdownlivepreview.com/).
That design, as well as my lack of knowledge on encryption, mean that your entries are only as secure as any other text file in your documents folder.
When it comes to online data, there are no metrics or data that I receive. While I honestly would love to have analytics data from users, the application never sends your information to me. I also use a number of code libraries to assist with development and I trust those packages to also not collect user data, but I am not 100% confident to explicitly state that they won't.
I hope that clarifies things,
- Saul