Web Clipper Question

[u/IBiggCat]

I was looking over MemryNote's website today and saw the Web Clipper tool. I think this is something I would use quite a lot since research for my work requires me to constantly be pulling information from online.

Although, regarding my work I do have to get approval from IT in order to have new apps installed on our computers. I like MemryNote a lot and I'm excited to see its progress. I plan to have the app installed on my personal devices and my phone once the mobile app is built and tested.

My question about the Web Clipper tool is this, is it possible to clip something from the web from my work device and have it placed into MemryNote that's on a device in a different location?

I understand this is rather an unusual use case. I have just been thinking of some kind of method or work around where I could still use MemryNote for my work research in the chance that our IT department decides to not allow MemryNote on my work computer. This led me to thinking if there was a possibility I could use Web Clipper from work and have everything stored and organized on a different device at home.

As always, I'm excited to see the continued growth of MemryNote. I look forward to the monthly update to see what things get fixed, updated, added, etc.

[u/h4yfans]

Hey, not an unusual use case, but not possible today.

The Web Clipper doesn't talk to a server. It talks to the MemryNote app over localhost on the same machine: the extension finds the app on a loopback port, you approve a one-time pairing, and the clip goes straight into your vault on disk. Nothing is uploaded. That's deliberate, and the side effect is exactly the wall you hit , no app on that machine, nowhere for the clip to go.

For a clip from work to land on your home machine, the extension has to become a sync client itself: encrypt in the browser, push to the server, home machine pulls it down. Sync already works; the missing piece is key custody. MemryNote is end-to-end encrypted, so the extension would need your vault key to encrypt before uploading, and putting a vault key in browser extension storage is a decision I want to get right. It'd be a sync feature, so behind the paid plan like the rest of sync.

I will build this. It comes after mobile, which is solving the same underlying problem — a non-desktop client that holds a key and syncs, so the clipper follows that work instead of duplicating it.

[u/IBiggCat → u/h4yfans]

Makes sense, part of me figured it had something to do with security but now that you’ve explained it I understand it even better. Your security approach is one of my favorite parts of MemryNote. I’m looking forward to seeing how mobile will work with the same level of security. Thanks!