Journal & Privacy

Journal passphrases: what we can and cannot recover

Your passphrase is the key to your journal. We cannot reset it in a way that recovers your words.

Last reviewed August 20, 2026

Your browser derives the journal’s encryption key from your passphrase or account password. Feason receives that credential over an encrypted connection during setup and unlock, and stores a verification hash. The Privacy Policy explains how credentials and encrypted entry text are handled.

Keep the original credential. Resetting an account password or replacing a journal passphrase does not recover entries encrypted with the old credential. Feason does not offer a recovery process that restores those entries without it.

Choose a passphrase you’ll remember (it must be at least 6 characters), and consider keeping it in a password manager. If you’re locked out, contact us for help with account access; recovering account access does not by itself restore journal access.

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