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The gesture support for additional signs is quite nice, but probably annoying if you are used to swipe keyboards.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I find this to be the best keyboard. My language uses a lot of non ascii characters and its so much faster to type them with this!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I use it alongside SwiftKey (with Internet access disabled). It's a godsend in Termux.

[–] merde -3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

try tracker control and you will see that swiftKey doesn't respect that "disable"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

An app being able to subvert system-level permissions would be pretty huge news.

I downloaded that app along with SwiftKey and disabled network access for it. Here's what I get:

Where am I supposed to see it being able to access the internet?

[–] merde -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Enabled the traffic log, used SwiftKey in a few different apps, got traffic from those apps, but nothing from SwiftKey. What am I missing?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

a tinfoil hat?

[–] merde 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

on my phone, even with disabled access, it was "phoning home" regularly. i'm on AnySoftKeyboard for the last 2 years.

maybe my os wasn't intact 🤷 it's degoogled now and (relatively) tracker free

if Swiftkey works for you … good for you.

excuse my comments

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I don't use SwiftKey, just tested it because you shared a tool for doing it and claimed it was able to subvert Android permissions.

You probably didn't actually disable the permission -- like I said, the idea that an app could get around system-level permissions like that, in a way you could plainly observe would be headline news. It would be astounding that you somehow uncovered something that massive.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

I use GrapheneOS. It is unable to access the Internet entirely.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Does it support word suggestions?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

It doesn't.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I use helium314/openboard on day to day basis, but the few times I use termux or have to ssh a linux box from my phone, unexpected keyboard is really awesome.