How does Gboard know what my friends has typed?
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Gboard wouldn't need to take screenshots. It can see what you're typing as you're typing it. As far as what your contacts are saying, if they're using Gboard, it's the same for them. And even if Google doesn't admit it, we all know they're correlating every single data point about people they can get, which includes who talks to who. I wouldn't be surprised if they know you're talking to a particular person and tailors your suggestions to fit the conversation. This is an even stronger possibility if you're using one of Google's messaging apps.
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Seems I was confused about it being Gboard. It's one of those suggestion lines that pop up over the keyboard, but apparently it's a separate service.
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I've also tried Microsoft Swiftkey, and it's still not as good. Gboard is, unfortunately, the best option for useability, though it is worse than it used to be.
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Even if message content is hidden from the user, Smart Reply can access it
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Feel free to decompile them - it's all there in the APK, you don't have to live in doubt.
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I think giving up swipe to text is a small thing to make your life more private
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Adding evidence not an answer. Its wild to me when it predicts my Duolingo lesson words to me. Like that anomaly is just wild to me
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Who cares ¯_(ツ)_/¯ I'm using a foss keyboard
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You know, assuming they have a background with years of coding experience and have the necessary knowledge to decompile a program and the necessary free time to reverse engineer the gibberish the decompiler spits out only for it all to be for nothing before they even finish because a new version was released.
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You can use GBoard and block telemetry behind a firewall or not giving the app internet access if your OS support that feature.
Personnaly I prefer using FOSS such as HeliBoard ! -
You can use HeliBoard that has no internet access (because it's a fucking keyboard) and load the Google library for swiping words. It works like a charm !
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Futo. It has the best suggestions for me, even if (all) miss some deep customizations