-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hi,
On 5/6/21 3:18 pm, Andrew McGlashan via luv-main wrote: > On 4/6/21 4:28 pm, Alexar Pendashteh via luv-main wrote: >> I didn't know that and did a ddg search and found this >> https://www.xda-developers.com/stop-apps-reading-android-clipboard/ > >> > Okay, > > I used to enjoy a clipboard app that could neatly manage clips; but > changes to Android meant that the app is no longer as useful and > may not even be able to be installed now. I use this, but not how I used to use it: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fi.rojekti.clipper This from March 14, 2019: https://www.xda-developers.com/android-q-blocks-background-clipboard-acc ess/ Also, this from October 22, 2018: https://www.xda-developers.com/gboard-clipboard-manager/ Hmm, I use Gboard, didn't realize it was involved with saving my clipboard at all; it remembered something I did the other day, just copy text to paste in to a Signal message! Still there, I hadn't turned on the "Clipboard feature" though, but it was at least active for the last copy and paste! I dare not turn on the full clipboard feature of it. It's bad enough using Android, the trust levels are painful, but when apps could (at least previously), watch all your copy and pastes using the clipboard and now even Gboard has it's own "snooping" built-in.... it makes you wonder; I didn't expect the keyboard to be perfect for privacy (being a Google asset), but I also didn't realize it had built-in clipboard management. What keyboard are others using? I know I tried out a privacy focused keyboard some time ago, but part of the deal was that the keyboard had letters in random places, which is annoying to use and that keyboard is not to be found today for some reason?! I think it was this: PEK: Privacy Enhanced Keyboard - it seems to be an option for keyboard on my OP5, but it's very old and was apparently made for an older Android version; it must be a hidden system app as it is not listed in my Play store library. - it does look different to what I remember on older devices, so it might not be the same, but the concept is the same. I used Swiftkey before it become owned by Microsoft at which time I immediately stopped using it. Uggh, glad I decided to stop using Swiftkey when I did too: https://www.howtogeek.com/335428/smartphone-keyboards-are-a-privacy-nigh tmare/ For anything serious, I use a proper keyboard on a "real" computer and not the mobile. I do use Signal, as mentioned above, but rarely is anything sensitive and there is always risk of Android itself having too much built in by design spyware involved in the deal. It is beyond me to understand why the COVID-19 QR code system thing is necessary as the mobile phone network itself is always tracking every mobile and they can get precise information about anybody's movements. Generally, I tend to not trust mobile devices as they are often the weakest link in security, even with privacy focused apps, and I haven't ever been comfortable with the continual high level of privacy leakage that is built-in to Android itself, especially when coupled with stock standard ROMs. Kind Regards AndrewM -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEAREIAB0WIQTJAoMHtC6YydLfjUOoFmvLt+/i+wUCYLz5cAAKCRCoFmvLt+/i +7ZsAQDEXZZ4GCk1pQzS6vwpnJd3d9+eZMIGyjqY6KsAHFo2SQD+LPOjKkFca+QZ 2QYdX9xCAzpFjbcr8fW/2lMHAp2FB1I= =3Iab -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
