Re: Android keyboard: your choice.

Arno,

I did not mention the app, that was "Henry The Mole"
<henrythemole@mckenziesfarm.old> in his post on June 17, 2024.

He was the first to suggest it.  You shoved it forward several times after
him.

I just tried explained how I came to the conclusion that it does not
abuse private data

Thts pretty-much the problem : you're still talking about a(n specific) app,
while my focus was-and-is on the permission.

And although you are right that the absense of the INTERNET permission for
that app seems to indicate that exfiltration isn't possible*, I do not leave
my safe open because I've locked the front door.

*though at least one person here seems to think that Google can exfiltrate
without it.

But yes, looking at the apps manifest I do not recognise any way in which it
could.  On the other hand, that doesn't mean much, as I'm a newbie in this
(why do you think I have been asking about it?), and I could easily miss
another permissions unwanted interaction.

The end result ?  Especially with privacy related permission I don't allow
what I do not see any need for and can be done differently.  Which, for this
case, I explained that several days back.

I also repeatetly suggested *not* to trust me blindly but to ask someone
else
who is able to understand the source code of Heliboard

I do not have anyone in my neighbourhood who could, or even wanted to do
that.   They just install the stuff and trust it into high-heaven.

and maybe even compile your own version based on that code to be sure what
you get!

:-)  I seem to remember that, in relation to you making the same claim
earlier, I asked you if you also vetted the libraries that an app uses.  I
did not hear anything back, so I take  that as a "no".   And as chances will
have it the website I mentioned before also posted articles about how app
builders sometimes build malicious apps - not because they intended to do
so, but simply because they used third-party libraries that contained the
malicious code.

Besides, I think also mentioned that I do not (yet?) have access to both the
knowledge needed for it, or the tools to do so.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser