Standard Notes vs Malwarebytes

Standard Notes is an end-to-end encrypted note-taking app that genuinely cannot read your notes; analytics are self-hosted via Plausible with no IP retention, apps collect zero usage data or location, and the subprocessor list is short and transparent — the main weaknesses are US jurisdiction and AWS hosting, the absence of published security audit reports, a thin policy that lacks GDPR rights language, and email marketing enabled by default.

Malwarebytes has noticeably better specific privacy practices than comparable US security companies — IP addresses are explicitly not stored, the VPN has a detailed and specific no-logs commitment, text messages are scanned without being retained, cloud storage scan files are deleted immediately after scanning, and usage/threat statistics collection can be opted out of in product settings — but it is a US company (Santa Clara, CA) with no named security certifications in its policy, vague retention periods, and a website advertising tracking stack.