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Unexpected-Keyboard: A lightweight Android keyboard. (github.com)

submitted 10 months ago by poVoq@slrpnk.net to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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The gesture support for additional signs is quite nice, but probably annoying if you are used to swipe keyboards.

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[–] merde@sh.itjust.works -3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

try tracker control and you will see that swiftKey doesn't respect that "disable"

[–] null@slrpnk.net 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

An app being able to subvert system-level permissions would be pretty huge news.

I downloaded that app along with SwiftKey and disabled network access for it. Here's what I get:

Where am I supposed to see it being able to access the internet?

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

in the "traffic log"

[–] null@slrpnk.net 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Enabled the traffic log, used SwiftKey in a few different apps, got traffic from those apps, but nothing from SwiftKey. What am I missing?

[–] loki@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago

a tinfoil hat?

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

on my phone, even with disabled access, it was "phoning home" regularly. i'm on AnySoftKeyboard for the last 2 years.

maybe my os wasn't intact 🤷 it's degoogled now and (relatively) tracker free

if Swiftkey works for you … good for you.

excuse my comments

[–] null@slrpnk.net 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I don't use SwiftKey, just tested it because you shared a tool for doing it and claimed it was able to subvert Android permissions.

You probably didn't actually disable the permission -- like I said, the idea that an app could get around system-level permissions like that, in a way you could plainly observe would be headline news. It would be astounding that you somehow uncovered something that massive.

[–] fenndev@leminal.space 4 points 10 months ago

I use GrapheneOS. It is unable to access the Internet entirely.