L8437

Gboard with networking on and Google Services installed/enabled, can and does occasionally send words you type. They do this to built a "better dictionary" in your language, to learn new terms, phrases, slang, etc. If you're also logged into Google, they also build a profile of your personal dictionary in order to do better word prediction (even if your not using prediction).

Full keylogs going to the cloud probably isn't practical for Google though. They can build a unique profile of the words you use mostly locally, and send the metadata. In browser incognito modes, Gboard also goes into an "incognito" mode where they say they aren't using any key logging at all.

With networking off, I don't see Gboard sending anything.
I've been using Gboard with network blocked and offline speech to text downloaded and working.

      Graphite ok thank you very much.
      I would love very much to use gboard without network permissions, but just paranoid about the data being leaked CIA mutual consent of another app.
      The reason for this is I use keypass for passwords and I just copy and paste them, but it pops up in the gboard , so I dont want my passwords being leaked through gboard
      If that makes sense

          L8437

          That brings up another issue. The clipboard can be accessed by either the selected Keyboard, or the foreground app with focus. So if you copy passwords to the clipboard, make sure no app gets focus in the foreground. Not sure if the "draw over other apps" permission can access the keyboard this way anymore.

          Keepass should have it's own keyboard that can paste the username/password directly without going through the clipboard. So the passwords will be safe even from Gboard.

              Graphite thanka again for the useful reply. Can you explain to me what you mean by the focus?

                  L8437

                  Focus is kinda like, not only foreground visually. But also able to receive input. So if you were to start typing, the focused app is the getting that input.

                    6 months later

                    alci Thanks for linking this, it works quite well!

                      2 months later

                      Hi @MetropleX and guys, first to say thank you for your help, the voice input nearly works well, BUT it works in the English language ONLY, no matter if I change everything to German. My Pixel 6 with GOS (Android 14) is on German as well.

                      So how to change the voice input for the Gboard-app into German voice input? Doesn't matter if I change everything inside the app into German as well.

                      Thanks a lot!

                        Thank you, that's what I tried already as well, but it seems not to be compatible with GOS Android 14, so now is the question, which alternative might be there as well, thank you!

                        Ok, I tried to follow most of what everyone had for solutions that worked for them. Here's what ended up working for me after several attempts.

                        1. Installed Google Play Services from the GOS Apps, which installed GSF and GPS.
                        2. Allowed network permissions during install.
                        3. Downloaded and installed Gboard from GPS (not from Aurora, since the "Fast Voice Typing" didn't show with that download). Allowed network permissions as well.
                        4. On the Gboard app, selected "Voice Typing", then "Faster Voice Typing"
                        5. Didn't see anything downloading, but waited about 30-45mins.
                        6. Went back to the all the Google services, disabled all network permissions, along with Gboard network permission.
                        7. Opened internet, then search box, Gboard opened at bottom, selected voice, said, "Hello World",
                        8. Everything typed out, mission complete.

                        Enjoy,
                        Z