It’d be nice to set a tag such that anything with that tag or a nested tag gets encryption.
E.g., I’d like to tell bear to encrypt #personal/journal so any new notes created under that are automatically protected.
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This would be cool. I’d still rather bear just be compatible with ADP so that everything is E2EE and I don’t have to worry about it. I digress. I’m going to assume that the devs response to this request would be the same “you can lock individual notes with a password” that those of us who bring up true zero knowledge encryption get. (See the thread on here about E2EE)
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How would that fit in the user experience? When should the note get locked? Immediately after writing the tag? If not when else or what to do if you create a new note with that tag? Should that note be unlocked as long as there is no content added to it? And so on
Exactly why I think they should just enable ADP for us users with up-to-date devices
But this won’t help users in UK anymore. From today’s Economist:
Someone in the thread about E2EE said that E2EE (without ADP) would still be feasible as a solution, also for UK users. I’m guessing that’s correct.
Well regardless, as of right now nobody can use ADP with Bear. So it doesn’t really change anything I would think.
We’ve gotten a bit off topic here. I’m not asking for Advanced Data Protection in this feature request.
Although I would like ADP as well, this specifically is for having a note automatically be encrypted when a certain tag is applied.
Even with ADP, there are use cases for protecting individual notes behind a passcode/Touch ID/Face ID. The idea is to create a separate tier of security you can apply some notes to but not others.
If someone has my device in an unlocked state (this is a popular tactic among thieves and is the reason for the Stolen Device Protection feature), individually protected notes means the thief still has another hurdle to access those.
Another use case: if I’m using Bear in a crowded space (say, to view my grocery list) and someone is shoulder surfing, I would like for particularly sensitive notes to remain concealed unless I explicitly unlock them.
Advanced Data Projection while important (and yes! Can we get that also?) doesn’t provide this.
Apple Notes is a great example of an app that is protected with ADP and allows individual notes to be further protected with a password.
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