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by darkwizard42 1977 days ago
I'm not sure the headline reflects the discussion issue...It is anecdotal on how many Chinese users are using Signal, but the concern is that so many use third-party keyboards it could be compromising the secure nature of Signal (and the discussion is advocating for users to be made aware of the risks of using third party keyboards with Signal)
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I chose to highlight the Chinese aspect, but you're absolutely right: any keyboard with personalisation puts Signal users at risk.
The guidelines exhort us to:

> ... please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

If you can still edit the title, you should change it to the original "Signal should warn users who are likely using insecure IME apps"

I'll bear it in mind in future. Thanks.