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I quite like using SwiftKey, its great at fixing my sloopy typing. But coming out from under my tin foil hat (coincidently I just returned from a crypto-party

I quite like using SwiftKey, its great at fixing my sloopy typing. But coming out from under my tin foil hat (coincidently I just returned from a crypto-party at the Open Source Developers Conference), I don't trust proprietary keyboards which require internet permissions, because they have access to all of the passwords I type in. I've got DroidWall [0] denying internet access to it, and I can sleep easier at night. The only down side is I can't download new dictionaries if they become available. [0] - http://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdfilter=droidwall&fdid=com.googlecode.droidwall http://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdfilter=droidwall&#38... Edit: Specified why I don't like them having internet permissions

randomchars 14y ago
At least in this case it's well known why the permissions are needed. You could use Titanium Backup to back up SwiftKey, download the new dictionaries copy them somewhere safe, restore your files, than replace the dictionaries.
mistercow 14y ago
I don't think you can avoid entering passwords into software that can connect to the internet. And once you start using a desktop or laptop, anything and everything can both listen to your keystrokes and also connect to the internet.