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The most popular Chinese keyboard app which is used by more than 450 million monthly users sends every key typed to Tencent in China. (citizenlab.ca)
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Vulnerabilities in Sogou Keyboard encryption expose keypresses to network eavesdropping.

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[–] godless@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Worse. They think it's useful.

[–] Anamana@feddit.de 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Why? Useful for safety and security of the society?

Edit: Why downvotes? I'm trying to put myself in their shoes, it's not how I view it lol

[–] godless@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Comes with a built in translator and spell checker, and since access to Google translate is blocked, that's often the only alternative.

[–] Anamana@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Ah ok makes sense

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