Re:Baidu IME secretly transmitting Japanese users’ data
by est on Thursday December 26, 2013 @07:52PM
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see the part 同期とは "synchronization".
I think users without prior IME experience may have a hard time image what is the purpose of sync or what does it do. It's a user trained Bayesian db where you can input your most used words/combinations very fast.
It's like auto-complete in IMEs or Google Suggest where you can get a list of "hints" ordered by popularity.
Baidu IME does the same, except, according to OP:
> ... sends users’ information even when the function is turned off.
I think users without prior IME experience may have a hard time image what is the purpose of sync or what does it do. It's a user trained Bayesian db where you can input your most used words/combinations very fast.
It's like auto-complete in IMEs or Google Suggest where you can get a list of "hints" ordered by popularity.
Baidu IME does the same, except, according to OP:
> ... sends users’ information even when the function is turned off.