The amount of FUD over this topic has made me a little apprehensive. I installed it, but when a password field would come up id get a little iffy. Would be interested to really know the deal with it.
This. I've never said to myself, "Man, I really wish I had swype!". I'll stick with the default Apple keyboard.Not going to risk having every keystroke being transmitted and stored on the developers server just to achieve intuitive typing from a third party keyboard.
"Custom keyboards are a special type of extensions since they are enabled by the user for the entire system. Once enabled, the extension will be used for any text field except the passcode input and any secure text view.
For things like password fields the regular Apple keyboard comes up.The amount of FUD over this topic has made me a little apprehensive. I installed it, but when a password field would come up id get a little iffy. Would be interested to really know the deal with it.
The amount of FUD over this topic has made me a little apprehensive. I installed it, but when a password field would come up id get a little iffy. Would be interested to really know the deal with it.
Hey, I'm one of the SwiftKey iOS engineers (hit me up on twitter: @czechboy0)
The deal with privacy is as follows:
None of your typing data leaves your device unless you specifically enable SwiftKey Cloud, which is an opt-in feature for backup, sync and personalization (teaching the keyboard how you type so that it can be more accurate and thus useful for you). The Cloud is a great service, but you do not have to use it in order to get predictions, Flow and additional languages.
When it comes to Full Access (poorly named guard, if you ask me) - that means that the keyboard can talk to our container app - so that you can download additional languages, change settings, themes and also, use SwiftKey Cloud, if you want to. That's it.
We take your privacy very seriously - as iOS users ourselves, we know how it feels when you don't know what's happening to your data. That's why we're being very transparent and open about data security.
See an FAQ on full access here: https://iossupport.swiftkey.com/hc/en-us/articles/201466641-Why-does-SwiftKey-need-Full-Access-, our privacy policy - stating that we will NOT sell your personal data to third parties (so no worries about ads and other scams), here's the link: http://swiftkey.com/en/privacy/
When you do decide to use SwiftKey Cloud (which greatly improves the quality of predictions, plus syncs your data between iOS and Android devices), all data is encrypted and secure and you can always turn off and delete all your data, if you decide to do so - it's YOUR data and you have control over it. We're just helping you to keep it in sync between all your devices and backed up, in case you lose your phone.
There's been a great deal of talk around these things - and we definitely welcome this. People should always understand what's happening to their data. And we are committed to preserving your privacy while at the same time enabling you to use great features such as personalization and sync
If you have any other questions, don't hesitate to head to our support forums or tweet at me directly. We're just trying to make a great product for as many people as possible
Hey, I'm one of the SwiftKey iOS engineers (hit me up on twitter: @czechboy0)
The deal with privacy is as follows:
None of your typing data leaves your device unless you specifically enable SwiftKey Cloud, which is an opt-in feature for backup, sync and personalization (teaching the keyboard how you type so that it can be more accurate and thus useful for you). The Cloud is a great service, but you do not have to use it in order to get predictions, Flow and additional languages.
When it comes to Full Access (poorly named guard, if you ask me) - that means that the keyboard can talk to our container app - so that you can download additional languages, change settings, themes and also, use SwiftKey Cloud, if you want to. That's it.
We take your privacy very seriously - as iOS users ourselves, we know how it feels when you don't know what's happening to your data. That's why we're being very transparent and open about data security.
See an FAQ on full access here: https://iossupport.swiftkey.com/hc/en-us/articles/201466641-Why-does-SwiftKey-need-Full-Access-, our privacy policy - stating that we will NOT sell your personal data to third parties (so no worries about ads and other scams), here's the link: http://swiftkey.com/en/privacy/
When you do decide to use SwiftKey Cloud (which greatly improves the quality of predictions, plus syncs your data between iOS and Android devices), all data is encrypted and secure and you can always turn off and delete all your data, if you decide to do so - it's YOUR data and you have control over it. We're just helping you to keep it in sync between all your devices and backed up, in case you lose your phone.
There's been a great deal of talk around these things - and we definitely welcome this. People should always understand what's happening to their data. And we are committed to preserving your privacy while at the same time enabling you to use great features such as personalization and sync
If you have any other questions, don't hesitate to head to our support forums or tweet at me directly. We're just trying to make a great product for as many people as possible
Hey, I'm one of the SwiftKey iOS engineers (hit me up on twitter: @czechboy0)
The deal with privacy is as follows:
None of your typing data leaves your device unless you specifically enable SwiftKey Cloud, which is an opt-in feature for backup, sync and personalization (teaching the keyboard how you type so that it can be more accurate and thus useful for you). The Cloud is a great service, but you do not have to use it in order to get predictions, Flow and additional languages.
When it comes to Full Access (poorly named guard, if you ask me) - that means that the keyboard can talk to our container app - so that you can download additional languages, change settings, themes and also, use SwiftKey Cloud, if you want to. That's it.
We take your privacy very seriously - as iOS users ourselves, we know how it feels when you don't know what's happening to your data. That's why we're being very transparent and open about data security.
See an FAQ on full access here: https://iossupport.swiftkey.com/hc/en-us/articles/201466641-Why-does-SwiftKey-need-Full-Access-, our privacy policy - stating that we will NOT sell your personal data to third parties (so no worries about ads and other scams), here's the link: http://swiftkey.com/en/privacy/
When you do decide to use SwiftKey Cloud (which greatly improves the quality of predictions, plus syncs your data between iOS and Android devices), all data is encrypted and secure and you can always turn off and delete all your data, if you decide to do so - it's YOUR data and you have control over it. We're just helping you to keep it in sync between all your devices and backed up, in case you lose your phone.
There's been a great deal of talk around these things - and we definitely welcome this. People should always understand what's happening to their data. And we are committed to preserving your privacy while at the same time enabling you to use great features such as personalization and sync
If you have any other questions, don't hesitate to head to our support forums or tweet at me directly. We're just trying to make a great product for as many people as possible
For things like password fields the regular Apple keyboard comes up.
Well, username is not really protected when you are typing it in on a computer somewhere either. As for full access for SwiftKey, that doesn't send them info anyways.Just got into my banks user name field to test that.
User name should be private.
Swift key board came up - full access is toggled on.
Even then it would seem that it might only play a role if SwiftKey Cloud is being used.what if an agency asks for access to the data you hold? are you part of any government prism type program where you have given them full access to your servers? and if yes are you allowed to say? (hmm what a clear unanswerable question that is, anything other than yes we are part of it makes no sense as it reveals nothing haha)
I'm having trust issues too. I just don't feel comfortable with something like this, so although I installed swiftkey, I did not grant it the access it wanted and I then uninstalled it too.
Sorry, but you/Apple will need to do better.
Hey, I'm one of the SwiftKey iOS engineers (hit me up on twitter: @czechboy0)
The deal with privacy is as follows:
None of your typing data leaves your device unless you specifically enable SwiftKey Cloud, which is an opt-in feature for backup, sync and personalization (teaching the keyboard how you type so that it can be more accurate and thus useful for you). The Cloud is a great service, but you do not have to use it in order to get predictions, Flow and additional languages.
When it comes to Full Access (poorly named guard, if you ask me) - that means that the keyboard can talk to our container app - so that you can download additional languages, change settings, themes and also, use SwiftKey Cloud, if you want to. That's it.
We take your privacy very seriously - as iOS users ourselves, we know how it feels when you don't know what's happening to your data. That's why we're being very transparent and open about data security.
See an FAQ on full access here: https://iossupport.swiftkey.com/hc/en-us/articles/201466641-Why-does-SwiftKey-need-Full-Access-, our privacy policy - stating that we will NOT sell your personal data to third parties (so no worries about ads and other scams), here's the link: http://swiftkey.com/en/privacy/
When you do decide to use SwiftKey Cloud (which greatly improves the quality of predictions, plus syncs your data between iOS and Android devices), all data is encrypted and secure and you can always turn off and delete all your data, if you decide to do so - it's YOUR data and you have control over it. We're just helping you to keep it in sync between all your devices and backed up, in case you lose your phone.
There's been a great deal of talk around these things - and we definitely welcome this. People should always understand what's happening to their data. And we are committed to preserving your privacy while at the same time enabling you to use great features such as personalization and sync
If you have any other questions, don't hesitate to head to our support forums or tweet at me directly. We're just trying to make a great product for as many people as possible
This. I've never said to myself, "Man, I really wish I had swype!". I'll stick with the default Apple keyboard.