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Keyboard spyware? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I was taking a look at the Naomi Wu situation (A Chinese DIY tech youtuber who went missing after being watched by the government) and in one part they mentioned that she was concerned about her privacy, so started using Signal, but had a default chinese keyboard that had a keylogger and the police had looked into what she was talking on there.

I'm not sure if it was a mobile only thing, but it was mentioned that the keyboard app was used in like 70% por chinese smarthphones.

Now, I use AnySoftKey and refuse to use default keyboard apps, but how far can we reach on the keyboard security thing? Is typing on a computer or using a physical keyboard on a mobile device 100% safe? I think the keyboard issue is often overlooked and would like to know what recommendations your have? Or what should be known more?

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[–] null 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Probably a good place to ask. Are there any FOSS keyboard apps for Android with swipe typing?

[–] glacier@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 year ago

AnySoftKeyboard is FOSS and supports gesture typing. It has not been updated in a while and I find it buggy.

Helium314's OpenBoard fork is FOSS but supports Google's proprietary gesture typing library.

FlorisBoard is FOSS and supports gesture typing, but does not have word predictions. It is being worked on.

[–] lemann@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I use FlorisBoard - but it's under heavy development at the moment, as the dev is doing a complete rewrite... autocorrect isn't implemented yet, but swipe/gesture typing is.

There is another one that has swipe typing and autocorrect but can't recall the name at the moment

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

OpenBoard

[–] Samsy@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Yes, but you need this fork for swiping gestures.

https://github.com/erkserkserks/openboard

The reason is easy, the libary for swiping is propetary, FOSS projects won't use it and cut this feature.

[–] KrapKake@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the suggestion. I have used this keyboard for about a day now and I love it. I didn't expect much going in but it actually has a lot of features and options.

[–] Templa@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Came here looking for the same thing. I still use Gboard because of swipe :(

[–] Samsy@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

https://github.com/erkserkserks/openboard/releases/tag/v1.4.5-gesture-typing

[–] Templa@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I will give it a try, thanks