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Vulnerabilities in Sogou Keyboard encryption expose keypresses to network eavesdropping.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same with Microsoft keyboard and almost every other keyboard app.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

"Your keyboard may occasionally capture ‘snippets’ of your typing. This includes short phrases, plus data about the keypresses you made to type the words, and whether you deleted or changed anything. These snippets are captured anonymously and you do not need to be signed in to share them."

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/topic/microsoft-swiftkey-keyboard-sharing-your-typing-data-faq-d737059d-8810-448e-b376-9af56171a37d#:~:text=If%20you%20are%20signed%20in,separate%20Microsoft%20product%20improvement%20service. From Microsoft themselves