Merlin
Sidebar Notepad

Sidebar Notepad

Displays a sidebar with editable notepad content saved to browser local storage and AES encrypted with a password.

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What is Sidebar Notepad?
Sidebar Notepad is a Firefox add-on that displays a sidebar with editable notepad content. The content is AES encrypted with a password and saved in browser local storage.
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Merlin
Stats
Users: 101 ▼ -1
Rating: 2.13 (15)
Version: 1.0.4resigned1 (Last updated: 2024-04-25)
Creation date: 2017-06-26
Weekly download count: 3
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 22.70K
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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 9362 ▼ 136
Other rankings
#42 in sidebar keyword 20 ▼ 1 #71 in encrypt keyword 30 #121 in ebay keyword 15 ▼ 2 #133 in note keyword 11 ▲ 1 #206 in crypto keyword 10 ▼ 2

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Content is AES encrypted with your chosen password (using Crypto-JS library) and saved in browser local storage.

Keyboard shortcut to open sidebar Ctrl + Shift + Z

If you loose your password the add-on author is not able to help you in decrypting your saved content, dont loose your password.

Saving an empty notepad content will result in an error, since this might compromise the password, impatient first time users trying to save empty content fail and give this add-on worse reviews than it deserves. To strenghten confidentiality neither the password nor password hash is stored, but an intentionally weak crc providing only a weak probable clue to the correctness of the password against automated brute force decryption.

(keyboard shortcut not always works, not this add-on specific issue)

User reviews
The whole idea of a notepad is for those times when you can't find pen/paper but you have to write down a phone number quickly. This awful app insists on you fumbling around with passwords with is completely asinine.
by Firefox user 14423041, 2020-01-14
1 star deducted for lack of instructions. To use this, example: try password 1234. The textbox should turn white to enter info. Enter your text and hit save. You can change password if you clear the entry, after using the same password to validate.
by Jeff b, 2019-06-27
by xeem, 2018-11-30
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Safety
Risk impact

Sidebar Notepad is safe to use. It does not request any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

Sidebar Notepad is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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