Timeline for How do I know if Google keyboard input is safe for use?
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| Nov 19, 2017 at 17:45 | comment | added | Roland | Very, very true, but beside my point | |
| Nov 17, 2017 at 18:00 | comment | added | fraber | @Roland: Let's assume you work via VPN. So Google (and the therefore NSA) would get these VPN passwords. This is just one case out of many, and I'm talking about a white-hat environment. | |
| Nov 16, 2017 at 11:54 | comment | added | Roland | Why would google try to spy on your keystrokes and risk their reputation on that? They already have the gmail communication that includes lots of mails to/from non-gmail users, and google search terms, and, and .. . | |
| Oct 15, 2016 at 3:32 | comment | added | endolith | "Why would a keyboard app need full Internet access and the permission to download additional files?" because it's a swiping keyboard and it needs to know sentences you commonly type in order to accurately figure out what you're swiping. "Learn from Google apps and services and your typed data to improve suggestions." And to download dictionaries for different languages. And it does "Sync learned words" with your gmail account. | |
| Mar 9, 2016 at 11:15 | comment | added | fraber | Ok, we could have a discussion about the technical aspects. But that's not the point. I believe this will become a major PR disaster for Google if mainstream media picks up. At least the German (I'm German...) Spiegel.de etc. are looking for this type of "ammunition" for Google bashing. And with certain reason... I would reduce the permissions ASAP if I were a Google product manager :-) | |
| Mar 8, 2016 at 22:19 | comment | added | Ben | Because they are user-configurable, and presumably kept in sync across devices somehow. A spell checker would be annoying without "add word" and training your autocorrect is a fairly standard feature. That said, a keyboard should be able to function without those features as well. | |
| Mar 8, 2016 at 19:06 | comment | added | fraber | Well, kindof. Why doesn't it distribute these files during installation or updates? | |
| Mar 7, 2016 at 16:03 | comment | added | Ben | Why does it need network and file access? Word completion and spellcheck dictionaries. | |
| Mar 7, 2016 at 15:26 | review | First posts | |||
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| Mar 7, 2016 at 15:15 | history | answered | fraber | CC BY-SA 3.0 |