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tjpnz 5y ago
Looked promising until I noticed that Japanese isn't an option (despite practically every other language being listed).
ByteWelder 5y ago
Alternatively, you can just disable internet access to any of the keyboards via 'Settings' > 'Apps and notifications'.
autoexec 5y ago
Once I realized what samsung was doing I switched to AnySoftKeyboard and I'm pretty happy with it. It's got a lot of options. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.menny.android.anysoftkeyboard/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.menny.android.anysoftkey...
- ignoramous 5y ago
  One may replace the keyboard, but the underlying "input method" framework is still under OEM's (in this case, Samsung's) control: That is (afaik), they could key-log just fine regardless of whatever keyboard one may install / use.
- brodock 5y ago
  I've tried both anysoftkeyboard and openboard, and liked openboard layout better but wanted swiftkey like support from anysoftkeyboard. Looking at reddit fossdroid I discovered the one fitted me better as a closer to openboard with swiftkey support : FlorisBoard
  - commoner 5y ago
    FlorisBoard is really nice. Among all of the FOSS Android keyboards, I've found the gesture typing on FlorisBoard to be the most accurate. https://github.com/florisboard/florisboard https://github.com/florisboard/florisboard
hbcondo714 5y ago
Thanks for this, just installed it and when I click to enable in my settings, I get an Attention message: "OpenBoard may be able to collect all the text you type, including personal data such as passwords and credit card numbers" This appears to be from Samsung, trying to deter users from using keyboards other than their own.
- autoexec 5y ago
  I'm glad they let people know it's possible, a keyboard isn't something you should install without some careful consideration because they can be used as keyloggers. I just wish they'd been as clear about that with the keyboard already installed on the phones when they ship. Anyone seeing that warning might easily think it's safer not to replace their stock keyboard even though it's already doing the very thing they fear a new keyboard might do.
  - yc12340 5y ago
    > a keyboard isn't something you should install without some careful consideration because they can be used as keyloggers To be frank, Android should not allow input methods access to internet/filesystem in the first place. But that would have hindered Google's own keylogger, so...
    - thaumasiotes 5y ago
      I use Google Pinyin Input. (Which seems to have been deprioritized or something, but still...) The general shape of input methods that let you produce 汉字 is that you provide some type of input that hints at the character(s) you want, the input method displays a menu of options that match your input, and you select the correct option from the menu. For example, if I'm using pinyin entry and I type `shi`, I can choose from 是, 时, 事, 使, 试, 世, 市, 十, 式, 师, 石, 室, ......, which are all pronounced shi. (And heck, those are just the top 12 suggestions. They mean things like "ten", "be", or "stone". The `shi`s go on for several pages.) You can enter more than one character at once. If I type `bhys`, I'll see the suggestion 不好意思 ("sorry"). The presented options are chosen based on what the input method predicts I'm most likely to want. They are context-sensitive -- the order of suggestions will change depending on what I typed just beforehand -- and the likelihoods and the phrases are collected from what people elsewhere in the world type. Suggestions can be quite current! Without an internet connection, this would be a much worse experience; the predictions would be wrong or useless much, much more often.
padraic7a 5y ago
Thanks, I'll check that out. I've been using Swiftkey since before Microsoft bought it, and really enjoying it. I know I shouldn't be surprised but I feel really betrayed that they use it to track app usage and link it to IMEI and the Google advertising id.
- aqfamnzc 5y ago
  I was also a long-time fan of Swiftkey, and switched to OpenBoard a few months ago. The main differences are lack of swipe input which I miss dearly, and slightly less intuitive correction. I think since switching I've put a little more effort into being more accurate which has helped.
  - nazgulsenpai 5y ago
    FlorisBoard is another open source keyboard project that has experimental support for gesture/swipe typing. It requires a bit more accuracy than spyware keyboards but might be worth a try. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/dev.patrickgold.florisboard/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/dev.patrickgold.florisboard/

tjpnz 5y ago

Looked promising until I noticed that Japanese isn't an option (despite practically every other language being listed).

ByteWelder 5y ago

Alternatively, you can just disable internet access to any of the keyboards via 'Settings' > 'Apps and notifications'.

autoexec 5y ago

Once I realized what samsung was doing I switched to AnySoftKeyboard and I'm pretty happy with it. It's got a lot of options. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.menny.android.anysoftkeyboard/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.menny.android.anysoftkey...

ignoramous 5y ago
One may replace the keyboard, but the underlying "input method" framework is still under OEM's (in this case, Samsung's) control: That is (afaik), they could key-log just fine regardless of whatever keyboard one may install / use.
brodock 5y ago
I've tried both anysoftkeyboard and openboard, and liked openboard layout better but wanted swiftkey like support from anysoftkeyboard. Looking at reddit fossdroid I discovered the one fitted me better as a closer to openboard with swiftkey support : FlorisBoard
- commoner 5y ago
  FlorisBoard is really nice. Among all of the FOSS Android keyboards, I've found the gesture typing on FlorisBoard to be the most accurate. https://github.com/florisboard/florisboard https://github.com/florisboard/florisboard

hbcondo714 5y ago

Thanks for this, just installed it and when I click to enable in my settings, I get an Attention message: "OpenBoard may be able to collect all the text you type, including personal data such as passwords and credit card numbers" This appears to be from Samsung, trying to deter users from using keyboards other than their own.

autoexec 5y ago
I'm glad they let people know it's possible, a keyboard isn't something you should install without some careful consideration because they can be used as keyloggers. I just wish they'd been as clear about that with the keyboard already installed on the phones when they ship. Anyone seeing that warning might easily think it's safer not to replace their stock keyboard even though it's already doing the very thing they fear a new keyboard might do.
- yc12340 5y ago
  > a keyboard isn't something you should install without some careful consideration because they can be used as keyloggers To be frank, Android should not allow input methods access to internet/filesystem in the first place. But that would have hindered Google's own keylogger, so...
  - thaumasiotes 5y ago
    I use Google Pinyin Input. (Which seems to have been deprioritized or something, but still...) The general shape of input methods that let you produce 汉字 is that you provide some type of input that hints at the character(s) you want, the input method displays a menu of options that match your input, and you select the correct option from the menu. For example, if I'm using pinyin entry and I type `shi`, I can choose from 是, 时, 事, 使, 试, 世, 市, 十, 式, 师, 石, 室, ......, which are all pronounced shi. (And heck, those are just the top 12 suggestions. They mean things like "ten", "be", or "stone". The `shi`s go on for several pages.) You can enter more than one character at once. If I type `bhys`, I'll see the suggestion 不好意思 ("sorry"). The presented options are chosen based on what the input method predicts I'm most likely to want. They are context-sensitive -- the order of suggestions will change depending on what I typed just beforehand -- and the likelihoods and the phrases are collected from what people elsewhere in the world type. Suggestions can be quite current! Without an internet connection, this would be a much worse experience; the predictions would be wrong or useless much, much more often.

padraic7a 5y ago

Thanks, I'll check that out. I've been using Swiftkey since before Microsoft bought it, and really enjoying it. I know I shouldn't be surprised but I feel really betrayed that they use it to track app usage and link it to IMEI and the Google advertising id.

aqfamnzc 5y ago
I was also a long-time fan of Swiftkey, and switched to OpenBoard a few months ago. The main differences are lack of swipe input which I miss dearly, and slightly less intuitive correction. I think since switching I've put a little more effort into being more accurate which has helped.
- nazgulsenpai 5y ago
  FlorisBoard is another open source keyboard project that has experimental support for gesture/swipe typing. It requires a bit more accuracy than spyware keyboards but might be worth a try. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/dev.patrickgold.florisboard/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/dev.patrickgold.florisboard/