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When I need to use mine with confidential work documents, I just put it into airplane mode and upload documents to it over USB. I confirmed (a few software vers

by pcl 7y ago

When I need to use mine with confidential work documents, I just put it into airplane mode and upload documents to it over USB. I confirmed (a few software versions back) that deleting while in offline mode resulted in a full delete, and that nothing was synced after coming back online. I’d really really like a means to maintain a direct-sync-only folder, or some sort of robust encryption story, but to date, the team has said that corporate compliance use cases aren’t a priority for them. I see that some of the team is participating here; perhaps we can all convince them to prioritize some sort of solution?

sadfklsjlkjwt 7y ago
If they had done this I would have already bought one. I won't until they do. I regard my reading and note taking as private and I don't want them processed off device.
- jfim 7y ago
  You can simply not connect it to a Wi-Fi network. It supports transferring files over USB according to the documentation [0], though I haven't really tried that. Their FAQ also mentions that you can use the device without their cloud service [1]. I believe the handwriting recognition (which isn't really that useful IMO) requires to be online. [0] https://support.remarkable.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005700389-7-4-Transfer-files-with-a-USB-cable-to-reMarkable https://support.remarkable.com/hc/en-us/articles/11500570038... [1] https://support.remarkable.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003736869-Can-I-use-the-reMarkable-without-syncing-to-the-cloud- https://support.remarkable.com/hc/en-us/articles/11500373686...
- ACS_Solver 7y ago
  If you don't want the company to access any of your notes, just don't enable the cloud features, don't even create a cloud account. Then you can sync between your other devices and the RM with some scripts making use of SSH for instance - it's not a very convenient solution but definitely works.
Tharkun 7y ago
The terrible USB file transfer mode is one of the reasons why I stopped using it. Last time I tried I had to use a web browser to drag files to some web page. No idea why they didn't implement a mass storage API the way any other device does. Has that changed in recent versions?
- jfim 7y ago
  Doesn't look like it, but you could use curl to upload files to it, if you wanted to to it from the command line: https://remarkablewiki.com/tech/webinterface#accessing_files_via_curl https://remarkablewiki.com/tech/webinterface#accessing_files... It might also be possible to copy files with scp/ssh.
  - pcl 7y ago
    Both are possible.
e12e 7y ago
> deleting while in offline mode resulted in a full delete Overwritten with random data and unlinked, or just unlinked? I would assume the latter...?
- pcl 7y ago
  I’d guess just unlinked, but that’s a pretty uneducated guess. My concerns were regarding the data escaping the device to their cloud, not remaining on-device in case of physical attack.
jfim 7y ago
> I’d really really like a means to maintain a direct-sync-only folder, or some sort of robust encryption story, but to date, the team has said that corporate compliance use cases aren’t a priority for them. I see that some of the team is participating here; perhaps we can all convince them to prioritize some sort of solution? That would be really awesome. The development team is pretty small, and I'm pretty sure it's low on their list of priorities, but if they had encryption at rest and LDAP/Okta authentication, I'd definitely get another one for work.

by pcl 7y ago

sadfklsjlkjwt 7y ago

If they had done this I would have already bought one. I won't until they do. I regard my reading and note taking as private and I don't want them processed off device.

jfim 7y ago
You can simply not connect it to a Wi-Fi network. It supports transferring files over USB according to the documentation [0], though I haven't really tried that. Their FAQ also mentions that you can use the device without their cloud service [1]. I believe the handwriting recognition (which isn't really that useful IMO) requires to be online. [0] https://support.remarkable.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005700389-7-4-Transfer-files-with-a-USB-cable-to-reMarkable https://support.remarkable.com/hc/en-us/articles/11500570038... [1] https://support.remarkable.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003736869-Can-I-use-the-reMarkable-without-syncing-to-the-cloud- https://support.remarkable.com/hc/en-us/articles/11500373686...
ACS_Solver 7y ago
If you don't want the company to access any of your notes, just don't enable the cloud features, don't even create a cloud account. Then you can sync between your other devices and the RM with some scripts making use of SSH for instance - it's not a very convenient solution but definitely works.

Tharkun 7y ago

The terrible USB file transfer mode is one of the reasons why I stopped using it. Last time I tried I had to use a web browser to drag files to some web page. No idea why they didn't implement a mass storage API the way any other device does. Has that changed in recent versions?

jfim 7y ago
Doesn't look like it, but you could use curl to upload files to it, if you wanted to to it from the command line: https://remarkablewiki.com/tech/webinterface#accessing_files_via_curl https://remarkablewiki.com/tech/webinterface#accessing_files... It might also be possible to copy files with scp/ssh.
- pcl 7y ago
  Both are possible.

e12e 7y ago

> deleting while in offline mode resulted in a full delete Overwritten with random data and unlinked, or just unlinked? I would assume the latter...?

pcl 7y ago
I’d guess just unlinked, but that’s a pretty uneducated guess. My concerns were regarding the data escaping the device to their cloud, not remaining on-device in case of physical attack.

jfim 7y ago

> I’d really really like a means to maintain a direct-sync-only folder, or some sort of robust encryption story, but to date, the team has said that corporate compliance use cases aren’t a priority for them. I see that some of the team is participating here; perhaps we can all convince them to prioritize some sort of solution? That would be really awesome. The development team is pretty small, and I'm pretty sure it's low on their list of priorities, but if they had encryption at rest and LDAP/Okta authentication, I'd definitely get another one for work.