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GBoard does kinda "keylog" in the telemetry it sends (actually, it's more "wordlog"): https://www.scss.tcd.ie/Doug.Leith/pubs/gboard_kamil.pdf https://www.scss.

GBoard does kinda "keylog" in the telemetry it sends (actually, it's more "wordlog"): https://www.scss.tcd.ie/Doug.Leith/pubs/gboard_kamil.pdf https://www.scss.tcd.ie/Doug.Leith/pubs/gboard_kamil.pdf It will also do this even if you block the keyboard's internet access as it will use Google Play Services to send the telemetry data. Previously discussed in this deleted reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/ymo3r9/deleted_by_user/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/ymo3r9/deleted_by_... At least turning off the "Share usage statistics" option in Gboard settings actually does opt you out...

privacyking 2y ago
Do you have a source for that? Where it sends through play services if network access is disabled? What does it send specifically?
- yencabulator 2y ago
  Read the linked PDF.
  - privacyking 2y ago
    It doesn't mention anything about laundering data when network access is disabled
    - yencabulator 2y ago
      Look for play services.
    - nulld3v 2y ago
      From the linked PDF: > The telemetry sent by the Gboard application does not go directly to Google. Instead, the data goes through a service known as the Clearcut Logger within Google Play Services To be fair, I have not tested whether Gboard continues to send telemetry to GPS even after networking is disabled on Gboard but there's nothing stopping that from happening from a technical perspective. This is because Android apps access GPS over Binder and Android apps can access Binder services even if they have no INTERNET permission.
      - privacyking 2y ago
        Thanks