''TiddlyWiki is unique in that ordinary people can use it securely and privately without any special training.'' The key is that ~TiddlyWiki is just a text file, or a folder of files, so everything that you may already know about how to keep your documents and images private can be applied to ~TiddlyWiki. Also, because your ~TiddlyWiki data is stored in simple text files, you can be confident that it will still be securely accessible in the decades to come.
** See [[Saving]] for a listing of all the different ways to save a single file ~TiddlyWiki
* As a Node.js application that runs a web server. This configuration is more powerful, but requires more technical knowledge to set up and maintain. See:
An important aspect of ~TiddlyWiki's security and privacy claims is that they can be readily confirmed by anyone with basic technical skills. For example, the network monitoring tools built into most browsers allow you to verify that ~TiddlyWiki doesn't send any data to other servers. Similarly, you can open a ~TiddlyWiki HTML file in an editor and verify that your data is readily accessible.
If security and privacy are important to you then you need to take the best available advice, and the best place for that is specialist organisations that focus on this area.
The [[Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)|https://eff.org]] in the US is well respected, and their advice would be a good place to start. It emphasises basics such as dealing with passwords and two factor authentication, but also explains more advanced topics such as making a security plan, and how to set up a device securely.
