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SwiftKey's iOS 8 Keyboard Hits One Million Downloads in Under 24 Hours
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yup I'm sure of that too, but it shouldn't be the reason for another company to know what we type also.
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Exactly right. Something that is able to collect ALL OF YOUR DATA ENTRY and use it however the app maker deems fit - unless it is Apple, who I trust 110% (and let's face it, you'd not have much choice, even if you *didn't* trust them) seems like something that... well... not that I don't trust, so much, just another layer of doubt and abiguity that has no reason to be there, AND the potential risk of which is not at all offset by ANY substantial benefits in typing.
In a nutshell... no thanks, but thanks.
I can safely say at least 90% of us want this app for the swipe type feature thingy.
all we have to do is be patient, apple will integrate this soon enough.
I deleted the default ketyboard completely and moved swiftkey to the top. What ended up happening was when I tried quick reply it tried to use emoji as the default keyboard.....
Swype doesn't ask for full access, you just have to pay for the app. It's clear that the others are free because they're collecting data.
Worst part about this keyboard, is that it requires full access for word prediction... which means the keyboard is no longer sandboxed.
This keyboard is also completely free, which begs the question how are they making money. They are probably data-minning the words we type. Like Apple said we are its product.
Can you provide an answer here? Definitely concerned about that so I deleted it. But did it get access to what was typed beforehand?
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1782376/
I downloaded it and then deleted right away... Didn't like that they collect everything you type including credit card and other sensitive information you might type
I been using Android for a few months and already quite annoyed with it so will sell the phone shortly. 2 things I would have missed, costum keyboards and notification led light. Costum keyboards won't be missed now. And Android can have all is million themes and Screensaver, won't need them.
They both work the same for me. I stuck with SwiftKey for the looks. Otherwise, it's the same, really.
You swipe. Saves tons of time when you get used to it. I can probably type two words in SwiftKey for every one word on Apple's keyboard.
They can make excuses for full access (word analyzation), but their data mining was evident from the start. They require you to sign in with Facebook or Google just to install the keyboard, which gives them your name and email. When I attempted to sign in with Google, it wanted access to my email. Yes, it wanted to read my emails. Then, when I went to Facebook instead, it wanted to read my private messages. Ridiculous for a keyboard. Happily and securely using Swype to type this post.
Nope, processed internally. Word predictions are available offline, so they must be processed on the device
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I was interested in swiftkey cloud, though.
Exactly. If a product is free, ask yourself how they're making money. What is the product. Well, it's free, so the product is your data, and in this case, the things you type. I can't believe anyone would willingly install what amounts to a remote key logger on iOS, and frankly I'm surprised Apple allows network access from these. I'd classify this app as spyware.
You can give it all permission it asks for, just block internet access with a firewall.