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August 22, 2020 13:50 -0500

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Figure 1. Two screenshots of Google Gboard on the Android system. To the left, list of access requirements of Gboard: Identity, Contacts, and Wi-Fi connection information. To the right, Gboar attention message when a user tries to activate it: "This input method may be able to collect all the text you type, including personal data like passwords and credit card numbers. It comes from the app Gboard. Use this input method?".

Honest question: What's the point of using ProtonMail's Android app if the virtual keyboard that comes with the system, or other kinds of keyboards that people install, such as Google's Gboard or Microsoft SwiftKey, collect all the text people type?

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