[vdddv]

Does that mean that the "default" keyboard on Android does not respect my privacy? As in, what does it do? Should I be worried about entering username, passwords etc from my Android device?

[lucb1e]

The "default" keyboard differs from device to device. Most devices have a closed source keyboard either from Google (gboard) or from Microsoft (swiftkey). If I remember correctly, both send subsets of what you type to the mothership and pinky swear to only use it for product improvement and guard your data with their lives.

[Bellamy]

So Xiaomi, Google, Samsung etc. knows everything we write and erase?

I getting really paranoid...

[izacus]

Google claims to use differential privacy / federated learning for their GBoard: https://ai.googleblog.com/2020/05/federated-analytics-collab...

No idea about others.

[lucb1e]

I wouldn't put it that strongly.

[pedrogpimenta]

"Default" may mean different things. A Samsung phone has a Samsung keyboard as the default keyboard, while a Pixel would have Gboard (I guess).

I assume they send every word you type to their servers, but I also assume it's encrypted in transport, so it would be somewhat safe?

It's a very very difficult struggle.