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FlorisBoard | FOSS keyboard that respects your privacy (florisboard.org)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I came across everyday topic on Techlore Discussions about free and open source keyboards for Android and discovered this little gem. It is FlorisBoard, a virtual keyboard for Android which respects privacy of the user. I can sigh with relief and finish my search for that singular keyboard for typing stuff on the go.

It has everything I need and more.

  • Multilanguage support: detailed layout options, popular presets
  • Swift and glide typing experience
  • Customizable gestures: switch language by fast swiping the keyboard itself left and right, change case by swiping up, the infamous cursor swipe on space bar
  • Emojis
  • Clipboard
  • Smartbar: quick actions and clipboard cursor tools
  • One-handed mode
  • Other look-and-feel settings
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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm going to take a guess and say that it might be possible for it to still be, for example GBoard may share info with the other Google apps who then share it with the world.

Otherwise, if it's completely blocked from the outside world? Definitely not.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you know if there is any way to check and potentially also block inter-app communications like that?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm sure there's some way to monitor that using ADB or another tool, but at that point you're wasting so so much time that you should just get an open source trusted app.