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> No user would ever suspect that the keyboard that came with their cell phone would be letting third parties read all their texts and emails

When we were young, this was called a keyloggger and one running was a sign that your computer was compromised.

I guess times have changed.



It still is compromised, but somehow we have normalized the idea of our own systems being compromised by our OS and system app developers.


Keyloggers are generally installed without consent. These keyboards are chosen, even if there terms are buried in a EULA it would take days to read.


If you buy a laptop and the OEM has pre-installed a keylogger then it is still a keylogger. Most people don't choos their Android keyboard but use whatever is the default on the device they bought.




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