Guides
Practical reading on encryption, passwords and local-first software, written by the people who built the vault.
How AES-GCM and PBKDF2 protect your notes
Two standard algorithms do all the work: one turns your password into a key, the other seals each note. What they guarantee, and where that stops.
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Choosing a master password you can remember
The master password is the one secret VaultMemo cannot recover for you. How to make it strong and memorable: entropy arithmetic and diceware passphrases.
6 min read
Local-first apps and your privacy
No account, no server, no sync: local-first removes whole categories of risk and adds new duties. What IndexedDB is, when browsers evict it, and backups.
6 min read