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submitted 9 months ago by Slatlun@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

I assumed that Gboard spell checker contacted servers constantly and have it switched off for whatever good that does. I recently tried enabling it to play with other options and noticed that it works when my phone is entirely offline.

Does anyone know if it works locally or does it just send a bunch of data out once I give it internet access again?

Bonus question: Does anyone know of a privacy respecting spell checker for android? It looks like Florisboard can work with Hunspell through Nuspell but not on Android. Is that right?

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[-] glowie@h4x0r.host 6 points 9 months ago

You can disable network access. Only thing that breaks is the GIF selector, among anything else that needs access to the internet. That's what I do.

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago

Yeah I have to admit I am using gboard. Although, I do have the network turned off for the application, so functionalities like built in gif search and google translate don't work. If you don't find a keyboard you like and want to try out gboard this would be the most private way. I mean I feel like you shouldn't allow network to any keyboard app even if it's audited and open source, it really has no reason to phone home.

[-] Slatlun@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

Definitely agree

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