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I like the idea and have tried it myself, but there's no way I'd install a third party software keyboard on a device I remotely care about. That's just crazy. S
by tolmannator 9y ago
I like the idea and have tried it myself, but there's no way I'd install a third party software keyboard on a device I remotely care about. That's just crazy. Second, Google's gesture typing is not part of their AOSP offering and so it requires adding the unfreely licensed libjni_latinimegoogle.so file to an Android phone running AOSP (which usually requires root). So for now, I do without.
- Sylos 9y agoYeah, Android is so broken when it comes to third-party keyboards. Gives you a big bloody warning that this keyboard could steal your passwords and whatnot (with which it is absolutely right), but then doesn't even offer you the obvious solution - blocking internet access for the keyboard app.
- acct1771 9y agoIf it was me, I'd keep the warning, because it doesn't have to have net access to store a payload for later retrieval, or another app to suck up.
- wnissen 9y agoApple does this right, the installed keyboard is not used for passwords. So while it can see what websites you are visiting, even in Incognito mode, it doesn't ever see URLs or anything very sensitive.
- tolmannator 9y agoI mean, it can still get all your conversations right? And web security depends on which type of DOM element is active? I would still argue this is widening the security surface area to an unnecessary degree for convenience.