I was taking a look at the Naomi Wu situation (A Chinese DIY tech youtuber who went missing after being watched by the government) and in one part they mentioned that she was concerned about her privacy, so started using Signal, but had a default chinese keyboard that had a keylogger and the police had looked into what she was talking on there.

I’m not sure if it was a mobile only thing, but it was mentioned that the keyboard app was used in like 70% por chinese smarthphones.

Now, I use AnySoftKey and refuse to use default keyboard apps, but how far can we reach on the keyboard security thing? Is typing on a computer or using a physical keyboard on a mobile device 100% safe? I think the keyboard issue is often overlooked and would like to know what recommendations your have? Or what should be known more?

  • nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    This is exactly why Wayland replacing X11 is a good thing. X11 was developed in an academic, on-prem LAN environment where such security wasn’t a big consideration in its architectural design and needs to be allowed to gracefully retire from mainline use.

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        1 year ago

        No, this thread is a general one, and I have mentioned Wayland. And they responded to me.
        The post may be more about mobile keyboards, but OP has also asked about what’s the case with computers, besides phones