Privacy & Security a MYTH for Hackers Keyboard?
Andy
"ATTENTION: This method can collect all the text you enter except passwords, but includes personal records and credit card information.
It comes from the app Hackers Keyboard Use Anyway?"
What exactly is this saying? Everything I've typed for the past year is now in some hackers computer? I've trashed my own privacy including Spyware apps, security apps, VPNs, etc.... by installing this app?
Can someone please explain to me HOW this can be allowed? OMG!
Thank you, & pardon my ignorance. That in fact is why I'm asking you. Have a great day!
Klaus Weidner
Why is there a security warning when I activate it?
This warning is a general Android system security feature that alerts users when activating a third-party input method. It's shown for all user-installed keyboards as a precaution. The warning does not mean that this specific keyboard is known to be stealing data, just that it could potentially do so.
A keyboard knows which keys you are currently typing (that's part of its job description), and a malicious application could abuse that, especially if it were to ask for Internet access permission.
The source code for this project is available at the Source link above, you are welcome to review it and/or build your own binary.
In case you're curious about the technical details related to showing this security warning, see the Android OS source code, specifically ime_security_warning in the official Android source LanguageSettings.java and message catalog.
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