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Vulnerabilities in Sogou Keyboard encryption expose keypresses to network eavesdropping.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Can you point to where it says that in the report? It actually says:

an IME will commonly reach out over the network to a cloud-based service for suggestions if suitable suggestions are not available in the input method’s local database.

So it doesn't send "every key typed".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Until you realized what sequence of letters most commonly not have any suggestion. That's right, when you type your password.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Literally says in bold even:

the keystrokes of Sogou Input Method users can be decrypted by a network eavesdropper, informing the eavesdropper of what users are typing as they type.

AKA every keystroke

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

I assume they mean "if suitable suggestions are not available in the input method’s local database". Like you start typing a word, and when it doesn't find any match locally, it goes to the server. After that, any additional keystroke gets reported to the server "as they type".