[zhichu]

I am in an authoritarian country. Our speech is censored, and online chat is monitored. We have to consider whether it is appropriate when typing words and speaking to friends.

I care about privacy, but not that much. The author gave me the feeling that I would not drink water for fear of choking to death. Providing private information to some big companies has brought a lot of convenience to our lives at the same time. When making a choice, I will weigh the gains and losses. As far as I am concerned, I loss more while over-considering the privacy.

[raxxorraxor]

I am pretty sure that almost all conveniences are possible without any surveillance. The benefit would be even more security without any downsides.

[zhichu]

For a example, if the mobile keyboard can collect the words you type to enhance their dictionaries. Then you will get a better typing experience.

[raxxorraxor]

I don't see how this has to include any personal information. Perhaps a specific set of otherwise rarely used terms might be able to identify you, but there is otherwise no need to attach any PII to these data sets. The trivial case to implement such a growing dictionary would not collect any private information.