Re:Virtual Keyboard Developer Leaked 31M Client Records
by rahul003 on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @02:53PM
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You do realize that probably 99.9% users don't go to lengths such as firewalls to secure their data. People are not that tech savvy in general. Even among all my tech friends, no one uses VPNs or firewalls.
> Phone number,
> full name of the owner,
> IMEI number
> links and the information associated with the social media profiles (birthdate, title, emails etc.)
What's wrong with their users? Why would a keyboard app need this information?
At least I would not install an app requiring those permissions. And I allow the Android phone to connect to the Internet only via my firewall (of course Google servers are blocked from the start).