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Gboard is governed by Google's catch all privacy policy, that allows them to gather all data and mine everything. If you have an android device with Google ser
by propogandist 8y ago
Gboard is governed by Google's catch all privacy policy, that allows them to gather all data and mine everything.
If you have an android device with Google services and a firewall, you'll see that the device is constantly phoning home, which is also noted in the privacy policy.
This does nothing for privacy, rather than provide the illusion of privacy.
- cromwellian 8y agoGboard uses differential privacy.
- arctux 8y agoI've only seen articles that say Google was going to "explore" adding differential privacy to Gboard analytics [0]. Do you know if the feature ever shipped, and is it the only way sends data to Google? I'm mistrustful of Google's privacy stance, since they have a history of changing their privacy policy, then misleading users about it. Remember when they implemented personally-identifiable web tracking and sold it to users as "new features for your Google account"? Merging Doubleclick's tracking data with my Google account doesn't seem like a feature to me. [0]: https://venturebeat.com/2017/04/06/following-apple-google-tests-differential-privacy-in-gboard-for-android/ https://venturebeat.com/2017/04/06/following-apple-google-te... [1]: https://www.propublica.org/article/google-has-quietly-dropped-ban-on-personally-identifiable-web-tracking https://www.propublica.org/article/google-has-quietly-droppe...