The most popular Chinese keyboard app which is used by more than 450 million monthly users sends every key typed to Tencent in China.

Coelacanthus , 12 days ago

So use Fcitx 5 Android instead. It's a open source IME application without requesting any permission except Notification, especially without network permission.

https://github.com/fcitx5-android/fcitx5-android

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critical , 10 months ago

Same with Microsoft keyboard and almost every other keyboard app.

punseye , 10 months ago

As if other keyboard apps are any different, I don't think Microsoft bought SwiftKey just for fun?!

godless , 10 months ago

I live in China and this software is cancerous not just in the encryption failure, it also nestles into a computer like a trojan. Creates 2 fallback installations and will reinstall itself after removal if you reboot in between, unless you get rid of all 3 installations at once, where they are deliberately trying to obfuscate the uninstall button (triple confirmation, swapping the confirm/cancel buttons and button background colors, etc.).

It's a nasty piece of crap that come preloaded on any phone (android, at least) and Windows-PC here.

ObamaBinLaden , 10 months ago

And gboard or SwiftKey don't?