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Bizarroland, in Are there any good privacy friendly keyboards for android?
@Bizarroland@kbin.social avatar

Are there any good privacy focused voice to text keyboards? Or do I need to run whisper on a private server to do that?

BearOfaTime,

Futo voice input.

Pretty impressive

Amends1782,

Amaze balls thanks so much

kpw, in Are there any good privacy friendly keyboards for android?

Not every project needs regular maintenance. I can imagine a keyboard to be a finished product, no updates necessary.

thayer, (edited )

I won’t pretend to know how tightly integrated the keyboard is within the Android OS, but given the interoperability between app and keyboard it seems likely that vulnerabilities could be leveraged to gain malicious access to the clipboard and other sensitive data.

kpw,

Probably that would be an Android vulnerability.

Pantherina, in Are there any good privacy friendly keyboards for android?

Florisboard if you want high customizability, clipboard actions and internal (!) history, great privacy option.

Openboard if you want swipe typing and autocomplete.

Thumbkey if you want a keyboard that is made for use with two thumbs.

jlow, in Are there any good privacy friendly keyboards for android?

Typing this on OpenBoard ^__^

nik282000, in Are there any good privacy friendly keyboards for android?
@nik282000@lemmy.ca avatar

So this is definitely not for everyone but Thumb-Key is privacy friendly and designed to be used with just one thumb. I have used Thumb-Key (and it’s predecessor Message Ease) for about 4 years now and they are way easier for me than qwerty, there are fewer buttons so typos are less frequent and you can access all letter/numbers/punctuation while holding your phone one handed.

github.com/dessalines/thumb-key

Prunebutt,

You sonuvabich beat me by 2 minutes! ಥ_ಥ

nik282000,
@nik282000@lemmy.ca avatar

What made you initially look for an alt keyboard? I have huge problems hitting the buttons on querty and started by looking for a chorded layout.

Prunebutt,

I sawa video on MessageEase and thought it was neat. Also, I hate legacy problems like QWERTY… And things like qwerty on phone screens.

RandomStickman,
@RandomStickman@kbin.social avatar

Omg I'm so frustrated with QWTY on phones I'm giving this a try now!

Amends1782,

I’ve only ever known qwerty for phones, what else is there lol

bluGill,

Thanks for this. I'm starting to learn it, but already feel like I make less mistakes without autocorrect. Sad as I'm a bad speller.

speck,

It's kinda like Japanese keyboards

nik282000,
@nik282000@lemmy.ca avatar

In general or just on phones?

speck,

On phones

ProdigalFrog, in Are there any good privacy friendly keyboards for android?

Florisboard is a good one.

spamspeicher, in Are there any good privacy friendly keyboards for android?
Deckweiss,

And still it doesn’t fit my needs

pkill,

Sadly the development stopped, but still one of the most feature-rich.

dessalines, in Are there any good privacy friendly keyboards for android?

I develop thumb-key, so it’s maintained.

Oha,

I should really use it but I just cant get myself to learn a new layout

Amends1782,

Based

farngis_mcgiles,

i love thumbkey!

smock9,

is it possible to add auto complete / recomendations?

ook_the_librarian,
@ook_the_librarian@lemmy.world avatar

Yes, please. I’m still using MessagEase. I want to like thumbkey, but it’s missing a few features that are already implemented in MessagEase. Long pressing for numerals is another feature I miss.

Cwilliams,

Typed with thumb-key. This is so hard, but im determined :)

MTG8175,

I had to Google that and my God it looks difficult. I was going to say try Dvorak, simplest answer to his question I think.

dessalines,

Usually gets much easier after a few days.

Arondeus,

Hey, thumb-key is really cool! I’ve been using it for a bit and it has solved my issue of constantly fat-fingering wrong letters into what I’m trying to type on other keyboards. I just want to say thanks for developing it and keep up the good work!

robsuto, in Are there any good privacy friendly keyboards for android?

AOSP 14 works great and has swipe.

CowsLookLikeMaps,

Is this available on F-Droid?

robsuto,

It came stock in crDroid 10.

For previous AOSP keyboards, someone has extracted the .apk and posts it on apkmirror

jws_shadotak, in Are there any good privacy friendly keyboards for android?

OpenBoard is great and supports swipe typing using a Google library.

skar3,

OpenBoard 1.4.5 doesn’t support swiping, i am wrong?

I know there is a fork with swipe support

DolphinMath, (edited ) in Photos and Videos Online Storage

Would an encrypted backup using something like Crytomator or Rsync fit your needs? It would allow you to use the cheaper cloud services without letting them see the content of your files.

Proton Drive is another good option.

LainOfTheWired, in Without a Trace: How to Keep Your Phone Off the Grid
@LainOfTheWired@lemy.lol avatar

Throw your phone out. Get a small librebooted laptop and use an android emulator for any apps.

LainOfTheWired, (edited )
@LainOfTheWired@lemy.lol avatar

I have often wondered if you can take an android phone, drill and rip out all the sensors and radio transmitters, and use wired Ethernet through a VPN router and still be able to use just banking apps as that seems to be one thing I keep a proprietary phone around for.

Edit: I forgot the speaker and the mic though the mic could be classed as a sensor

ioslife, in Review of The Search Engine Kagi

I like Kagi and have been using since September. Just wish they could prove they aren’t logging anything.

celeste,
@celeste@kbin.social avatar

Are there independent groups that audit that kind of thing?

Atemu,
@Atemu@lemmy.ml avatar
shortwavesurfer, in Review of The Search Engine Kagi

I’ve been using it for a couple of months now and really like it.

hackerwacker, in Without a Trace: How to Keep Your Phone Off the Grid

Turn it off, take the battery out, snap it in half, throw it in the bin.

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