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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
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Worse. They think it’s useful.

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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

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

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Ah ok makes sense

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