▲ 2025 ▼ 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) submitted 3 years ago by Tazmanian@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 459 comments fedilink hide all child comments Vulnerabilities in Sogou Keyboard encryption expose keypresses to network eavesdropping.
[–] Squirrel@thelemmy.club 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) Oh shit, Google is sending my stuff to China? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com -5 points 3 years ago (1 child) It depends. Ever heard of databrokers ? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 years ago* Google doesn't sell to data brokers. Not yet at least. They have a competitive advantage they will lose if they sold their data (our data) to third parties, especially third party resellers. If/when they begin circling the drain, that may change. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com -5 points 3 years ago (1 child) It depends. Ever heard of databrokers ? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 years ago* Google doesn't sell to data brokers. Not yet at least. They have a competitive advantage they will lose if they sold their data (our data) to third parties, especially third party resellers. If/when they begin circling the drain, that may change. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 years ago* Google doesn't sell to data brokers. Not yet at least. They have a competitive advantage they will lose if they sold their data (our data) to third parties, especially third party resellers. If/when they begin circling the drain, that may change. permalink fedilink source parent