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by formatkaka 2449 days ago
Off the topic, how much can we trust the keyboard we are typing on (on mobile). They probably collect everything we type.

Wow !! Just realized that.

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As Gboard used to demonstrate:

> Share snippets: Automatically share snippets of what and how you type in Google apps to improve Gboard [enabled by default]

You can and should block your keyboard app's access to the network using a firewall. However, this will require root access and I've seen people jump at this point to say you absolutely should not have root access to your own phone, which I find pretty ridiculous and unacceptable.