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Smart android keyboard respecting privacy? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Hello, could someone recommended a keyboard for android that is a bit smart in predictive typing? I used to like swiftkeybefore it was bought by microsoft. Not that swiftkey itself was much better but I was not so privy conscious at that time.

I recall swiftkey would require access to your texts and emails to train itself to your predictions.

Is there some similar foss keyboard where all the data then remains local?

I know swiftkey has an incognito mode, but then it stops learning from your typing.

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[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 6 points 8 months ago

Go to F-droid and get your keyboard from there. (If you don't have F-droid installed you should)

[-] Zerush@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

There are good and save keyboards in F-Droid, but, well, the problem is Android itself. F-Droid is essential to obtain apps which respect privacy, but this only patch some holes when Google itself control the entire OS.

Mobile phones and privacy is an oximoron, because of this, I never use my phone for important data.

Review apps on Exodus Privacy
Desactivate GPS/Localisation service, at least if you dont use it
Review permissions of all installed apps and set them to desactivate after use in the app settings
Disconnect WiFi when you go offline
Don't use public WiFi, at least without VPN, even if it is only a free one (eg. like Calyx, FOSS, trustworthy, no account, encrypted, without datalimit, but only 1 server from the Calyx institute, anyway save enough for an occasional use, Techradar review).
Common sense (the user is the biggest privacy hole)

[-] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I haven't installed something outside of it for ages. I used the foxy client for a long time, and recently droid-ify

this post was submitted on 15 Nov 2023

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