Not all note-taking apps are created equal when it comes to privacy. Google Keep, for example, isn’t as private as you may think. Sure, the chances of someone hacking into your account are minimized thanks to things like 2FA, but people seem to forget that Google has full access to the contents of their account.
I guess one could argue that it’s not a big deal, especially if your Keep account doesn’t store anything sensitive, like medical or financial records. Besides, Google has strict privacy guidelines, so it’s not like its employees are reading your notes during their lunch break — I hope. Still, the company can access your data if it wants to, so you have to trust that it won’t do it randomly on a slow Tuesday. It will, however, hand over your data if it receives a subpoena, as required by law.
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