Does Obsidian steal your notes and business ideas
I am trying to decide between org-mode and obsidian. I like emacs in thet it's entirely open-source, and extremely extensieve but as someone that just wants to use link graphs and take notes effectively, I wonder how much of the extensibility is overkill.
I asked this question before on an emacs sub and they said Obsidian is closed-source, based on webview, which basically means you don't know who snooping on your filed and if it's acting as a data set for someone's AI. Is it true?
This is the only thing putting me off or I would use it in a heart beat I think.
Posted Aug 12, 2026, 10:54 AM UTC
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