Every year or so I try one or more privacy focused keyboards. I always end up right back on SwiftKey after a couple of weeks because most of the keyboards I try have the same problem: the predictions suck.
Ok, I get that surveillance is good for predictions. Put another way, predictions are tough without collecting everything everyone types. Is there a best-of-both-worlds keyboard out there? I’d be patient enough to give it some time to learn how I type and get better.
confused mechanical keyboard noises
yes, OP should have specified for Android.
I assume you must’ve tried openboard. What issues did you have with it? The predictions have been more than satisfactory in my experience.
Doesn’t seem to have swipe typing, which is important for me. Otherwise it’s great.
ahh, yeah swipe typing is really tough to inplement well without data collection. i used to use it a lot back before i completely degoogled and id be lying if i said i didnt miss it. i honestly just couldn’t find any foss keyboards at all that had swipe typing!
I just installed it. I’ll give it a shot. Seems like something I probably tried years ago and decided I didn’t like it.
I end up back on SwiftKey because ios stock keyboard doesn’t have an option for a persistent number row. That’s literally all I want.
Open to suggestions. Would LOVE to not have to have a fucking bing button and be letting Microsoft creep my shit.
Dude I’m surprised that iOS even lets you pick a different keyboard than the default
They actually didn’t for many years.
Gboard with every connection blocked through Rethink Firewall except for “media.tenor.com” and “tenor.googleapis.com” (because GIFs are cool).
I will never really know whether it really protects my privacy or if Google has other means to exfiltrate my data, but from Rethink logs it seems to be working. Unfortunately I have never found any keyboard as good as Gboard, so I would say this a risk I am personally willing to take for the convenience of a great keyboard. What would you say?
Gboard with every connection blocked through Rethink Firewall except for “media.tenor.com” and “tenor.googleapis.com” (because GIFs are cool).
How can I specifically do this?
Sorry about the delay.
- Install Rethink Firewall and follow instructions to configure it;
- In “Apps” set Gboard to “Isolate”;
- Add two domain rules for the two Tenor domains as “Trust”.
That’s all.
