Bear’s Encryption Roadmap for 2025

ADP is designed to protect your data only on Apple’s servers (iCloud) by encrypting it at rest. While this adds an extra layer of security, there are a few important considerations:

  1. ADP is not available in some countries.
  2. Apple can revoke ADP and require you to disable it (as seen in the UK).
  3. Your notes remain unencrypted on your local devices, which are far more likely to be stolen, breached, or confiscated.
  4. If you lose or corrupt your iCloud Keychain, all your data will be lost permanently, with no recovery options.
  5. Enabling ADP would prevent access to Bear’s web app, as we wouldn’t be able to decrypt your data in a browser.

ADP isn’t inherently bad—it’s just that, based on what our users have told us, it doesn’t truly address the privacy concerns they’re facing.

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