Isn’t it weird how a paper notebook is more private than anything you type on a computer, despite the complete lack of encryption? You don’t control what happens to your CPU under the hood, and you never had that control.

not really, computers are all about moving and processing data quickly, and it's pretty expected that a more powerful and versatile system is a lot harder to secure

@lorentz i'd go even more basic and say:

every process in a computer is, in some way, based on _copying data_ - which is somewhat of an antithesis to "privacy"

How is a paper notebook more private?
Unless you mean compared to a computer connected to the internet. But then the connection makes it less private, not the CPU.

@Lensflare it only works if you never ever ever connect your computer to the internet. If you connect it just once, all the aggregated data collected over time will be sent out

@Lensflare and it’s not that much data anyway. Just “this person’s history matches against undesirable keyword patterns”

Back in the day they had notebooks with a lock on it. That shit was the next level of private :D

@Grumm some people even invented their own secret language and made notes with that.

@tosensei I wonder if they could be faster and more secure if we let RAM lose its charge on read by default and programs could explicitly write the value back if the compiler couldn't prove that it's only used once.

@lorentz ...no

@mostr4am so that’s why you deleted your original account :)

@mostr4am I think every stepdad loves CP

Reminds me of this skit:

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oh is this about password management? I regret to say that I think you're completely right.

Excluding targeted attacks in person, a paper notebook and a minimal amount of discretion is probably better than convenient password managers which are forced to store your database absolutely everywhere making any single keylogger, even a temporary one, a catastrophic security risk.

contemplating printing my password database right now ngl

@lorentz airgapped security.
At the end of the day, if someone really wants in, they'll break knees to do it.