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Grammarly is essentially an opt-in keylogger for your browser. To put it generously, it is hilariously insecure by design. Furthermore, I don't believe that mos
by RodgerTheGreat 7y ago
Grammarly is essentially an opt-in keylogger for your browser. To put it generously, it is hilariously insecure by design. Furthermore, I don't believe that most of their users understand that the plugin "phones home" continuously to function.
Hey, at least the developers get to tinker with fun languages while spying on people!
- eukaryote31 7y agoHow long before Google acquires Grammarly for the data?
- ebiester 7y agoWhile true, I believe the whole intent is to use machine learning on real text to improve the customer's experience. For the customer, this is a feature rather than the bug. It is not how I would prefer to interface with grammar checking, mind you, but I think they have been transparent.