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Hi! I have a Samsung and I looked around online and couldn't find any real info on this topic. I don't doubt it's quite possible, but where is your source from?

Hi! I have a Samsung and I looked around online and couldn't find any real info on this topic. I don't doubt it's quite possible, but where is your source from? It's been hard for me to confirm. A good point, though, I'll look at the open source options....

autoexec 5y ago
Samsung's own privacy policy and those of the 3rd parties they use. It's been over a year and checking now some things have already changed, but if you click on the gear icon from within the keyboard you can select "about sumsung keyboard" which should give you a list of policies including gify and tenor (both used for gifs I guess) but i didn't even check those. The one you want is the legal info which tells you that in addition to samsung's privacy policy (which outright says it's collecting and selling everything it can get their hands on (see https://www.computerworld.com/article/3514999/samsung-selling-data.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/3514999/samsung-sellin...) you also have to accept the policy of a 3rd party called Nuance which they use for "language data". The wall of legal text there eventually links to their privacy privacy which opens in the browser. They collect and store things like "your choice of words, speech and writing patters, how you use your keyboard, custom words you add, the number of charters you type, your typing speed, etc. and they share (read sell) that data to affiliates, subsidiaries, vendors, subcontractors, etc (pretty much anyone they feel like). They specifically state they use this data to draw inferences reflecting your characteristics, behavior, abilities, preferences and aptitudes all of which they can sell to anyone at any time without even telling you about it because what they learn about you by going over all your data is their data and they don't have to tell you anything at all about what they do with their data.
- zibzab 5y ago
  They specifically ask you when something like that is being used. And I don't think giffy or others are receiving your emails. This is probably just usage stats, but someone needs to check that. Windows 10 start menu on the other hand send every keystroke to bing. You cannot turn it off either
  - hungryforcodes 5y ago
    But this is all speculation no? The privacy policy is concrete...
- hungryforcodes 5y ago
  This is super brilliant thank you. I have never personally done that much searching through the EULA / Privacy Policy. I'll take a deep dive and look for alternatives. Samsung could really make some advances on Apple by just being more clear on these aspects of their data collection. Even if they just said "We want to collect your data, but it's YOUR data, so we will always ask for your permission, and in case you are wondering what we collect, you can find it all here..."

autoexec 5y ago

Samsung's own privacy policy and those of the 3rd parties they use. It's been over a year and checking now some things have already changed, but if you click on the gear icon from within the keyboard you can select "about sumsung keyboard" which should give you a list of policies including gify and tenor (both used for gifs I guess) but i didn't even check those. The one you want is the legal info which tells you that in addition to samsung's privacy policy (which outright says it's collecting and selling everything it can get their hands on (see https://www.computerworld.com/article/3514999/samsung-selling-data.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/3514999/samsung-sellin...) you also have to accept the policy of a 3rd party called Nuance which they use for "language data". The wall of legal text there eventually links to their privacy privacy which opens in the browser. They collect and store things like "your choice of words, speech and writing patters, how you use your keyboard, custom words you add, the number of charters you type, your typing speed, etc. and they share (read sell) that data to affiliates, subsidiaries, vendors, subcontractors, etc (pretty much anyone they feel like). They specifically state they use this data to draw inferences reflecting your characteristics, behavior, abilities, preferences and aptitudes all of which they can sell to anyone at any time without even telling you about it because what they learn about you by going over all your data is their data and they don't have to tell you anything at all about what they do with their data.

zibzab 5y ago
They specifically ask you when something like that is being used. And I don't think giffy or others are receiving your emails. This is probably just usage stats, but someone needs to check that. Windows 10 start menu on the other hand send every keystroke to bing. You cannot turn it off either
- hungryforcodes 5y ago
  But this is all speculation no? The privacy policy is concrete...
hungryforcodes 5y ago
This is super brilliant thank you. I have never personally done that much searching through the EULA / Privacy Policy. I'll take a deep dive and look for alternatives. Samsung could really make some advances on Apple by just being more clear on these aspects of their data collection. Even if they just said "We want to collect your data, but it's YOUR data, so we will always ask for your permission, and in case you are wondering what we collect, you can find it all here..."