I want to work on a Windows machine with some privacy / intellectual property related python code within Pycharm.

I want to avoid that somebody else later on can see my code on the local file system (or can recover / undelete it from the SSD based file system). Therefore I am looking for a solution that keeps my python script(s) encrypted on the local file system but editable / usable within Pycharm.

I thought of creating a RAM disk or installing a virtual machine on the Windows computer. Unfortunately, I do not have admin rights on that computer so I cannot install any software nor create virtual machines.

Additionally I can use an USB stick in read only mode on that machine, but cannot write files back to that USB drive.

I am looking for a solution where I am still able to edit a Python script on that computer within Pycharm, but this file should not be persisted to the file system. Once I have finished my work, the Python script should be written back to the file system in an encrypted way.

CodePudding user response：

Use an online Idle and save your code online. If you really want pycharm I would upload the code and delete it from the pc and download again whenever I needed it.

CodePudding user response：

You could work 'in the cloud' where you have an AWS instance that you checkout / clone /develop your work and you just use your computer essentially like a thin client for connecting to your remote instance.