The most popular Chinese keyboard app which is used by more than 450 million monthly users sends every key typed to Tencent in China.
The most popular Chinese keyboard app which is used by more than 450 million monthly users sends every key typed to Tencent in China.
In this report, we analyze the Windows, Android, and iOS versions of Tencent’s Sogou Input Method, the most popular Chinese-language input method in China. Our analysis found serious vulnerabilities in the app’s custom encryption system and how it encrypts sensitive data. These vulnerabilities could...
Vulnerabilities in Sogou Keyboard encryption expose keypresses to network eavesdropping.
You're viewing a single thread.
Didn't swiftpad or whatever its called send every key pressed to Microsoft?
Not a China shill. China is horrible. Microsoft less so as they don't commit genocide in slow motion. But still, I think this sort of thing is more common than we think.
Use FOSS.
What are the best FOSS options for Android keyboard apps? I've been struggling with this lately.
I use OpenBoard (it's available on fDroid. Maybe the play store too).
I don't know if it's the best but I like it. If you type in multiple languages you do need to hit a "language switcher" key on the keyboard to switch to the autocorrect for that language. A very minor complaint. Otherwise it's great.
And it will learn swear words. No more ducking ducks.
OpenBoard - every other keyboard app is ducking shirt
FlorishBoard
F-Droid says the app hasn't been updated in the last 14 months. Is the project still worked on? It says beta on the website.
Yes.. The pitfalls of FOSS is that some dude is working on it when they have free time. I've been using it for 2 years and can't say I mind.. would like to have the word suggestions, though.
Thanks for the recommendation. This comment is typed using a freshly installed florisboard keyboard :)
Seconded. I use Gboard because it has the same functionality but I have to sandbox it and restrict all internet access via firewall. I still don't trust it and would prefer a FOSS alternative with the same functionality.
How do you do that?
Not OP, but this can be managed with Datura firewall on CalyxOs
wants to do something
needs to be an IT major
Welp, guess I'll choose between China and Microsoft, then.
You can sandbox an app using Shelter. You can block the internet access of that app using NetGuard. Both apps are available on F-Droid and easy to setup. No special OS needed but I strongly recommend GrapheneOS to avoid backdoors.
Thank you vm! NetGuard is awesome. I will test Shelter.
Glad to help. Consider dropping the NetGuard dev some coin, he's doing incredible work. He also develops FairEmail which imho is the best IMAP email app in existence.
I'm partial to thumbkey. It even has a Lemmy community: [email protected]
Thanks for the heads up. It's really similar to the keyboard I use.
OpenBoard with Gesture
Using FlorisBoard right now, no auto correct but you'll adapt
Think you mean SwiftKey which Microsoft just introduced bing AI into that you can't turn off. I 100 percent assume they now use all your typing data to train their ai too. They won't even let you use themes without logging in to an account so I again assume they also tie data to accounts.
Yes that's why I've disabled Internet access for my keyboard since I haven't found a FOSS one with all the features I want. Not that I need them but they're nice and blocking network access is built in GrapheneOS anyway.