Technology

Neither did my laptop, desktop, or phone. I use Linux and GrapheneOS

GrapheneOS is a significantly more complicated and less accessible option for most users compared to a simple paper notebook, which is the context of this post.

But if you want to go this deep, then yes, maybe your phone using your custom OS never introduced Gemini or Copilot without your will. It is however running a Qualcomm modem firmware you can't control and is phoning home, regardless of your GrapheneOS settings, with your GPS coordinates and other data you can't read, at any time. Don't worry, with tech we can always find a malicious feature that works against the user, regardless of how deep you want to dive.

and hoping it doesn't rain

Some papers resist water and are not crazy expensive. If its a notebooksl you are going to carry everywhere I guess it could be a good buy.

if you don’t mind carrying it around with you everywhere

I doubt the target demographic for a paper password notebook is logging into their accounts everywhere, as if that's some common occurrence.

and hoping it doesn’t rain

Ah yes, famously, before the invention of laptops universities and schools didn't work on every single rainy day, because paper notebooks and books are impossible to keep dry. As a matter of fact, the UK never had an educational system before the digital age for this very reason, it's so sad.

You can’t store your passkeys or TOTP in your notebook either.

You shouldn't store 2FA and recovery codes on your password manager. They offer the feature as a competitive selling point, but the entire point of having 2FA is avoiding single point of failures.