Most PRIVATE Keyboard Apps!

[@benny10000]

Overall, the best privacy-oriented channel I've ever seen.

[@NaomiBrockwellTV]

Thank you!

[@amanterobot]

And what a fascinating woman! Clever and beautiful! Ciao 👋🏻 from Italy 🇮🇹

[@ClickClack_Bam]

Rob Braxman is a good channel as well.

[@ClickClack_Bam]

All Things Secured Is good as well imo.

[@nedludd7622]

Techlore is a good one too, as is Wolfgang's Channel.

[@FlyinZX10R]

I think encrypted messenger apps should have their own built in keyboard to avoid keyloggers, analytics etc. that’s the one thing I’ve always worried about when using signal etc .

[@hhhcirA]

No, its bloat

[@AK-ox3mv]

they can suggest a privacy keyboard

[@xantiom]

​@@AK-ox3mvthey can't be liable for third party software, recommending for third party makes no sense.

[@barrellcooper6490]

LoL, just remember when addressing the SNG android, his name is Data (day ta) not data (dat ta). When the Dr mispronounced it and he checked her she said "dat-ta, dayta, what's difference?" Data replied "One is my name, the other isn't." Naomi, thanks for all you do! You're one fine tomato in my book!😊

[@FredQuijada]

Your Awesome Aussie Accent is awesome, Naomi (not that you need anyone to say it). Keep on keeping on!!! I love this channel and your work is invaluable for everyone. Thank you for everything, you're the best!!!!!

[@ZTek-uk]

I thought she was from New Zealand?

[@eeeee675]

I've been searching for a video on this for so long I'm convinced youtube supresses this topic. Thank you! Also, Gboard definitely shares data with other apps on your phone.

[@jsleezy914]

we love u Naomi !! need more ppl to stand for privacy. its so ridiculous how many people willingly give up their RIGHT to privacy

[@leuvadhaval1120]

This was a very informative video. There is one more thing I would like to have here which is the clipboard function inside the keyboard. Some of them are even keeping a history of it by default and I believe a lot of people, after coping something sensitive, say password, probably forget to erase it afterwards. While the data is kept locally and not sent anywhere, it would be safe but others using the same device can see all the data that we had copied and pasted which is not good for our privacy. BTY, your pronunciations are perfectly fine as long as people can understand what you're trying to communicate.

[@loc4725]

More to the point, the clipboard is by design shared between apps. All it would then take would be one malicious app to dump that data...

[@hawkenparker]

I actually have my clipboard turned off, and yet, Avast! will still delete a random amount stored into it... Wild!

[@Varangian_af_Scaniae]

Anecdote: Yesterday I had a meeting with a city official. I borrowed her laptop to fill in a form and I copy pasted something from the net and instead of me getting the text I needed I got "privacy protected" information from the client she had before me. It's not a phone as you describe but even people who handle confidential information does not know how to keep that information secret. The clipboard is dangerous for private information what ever the platform. EDIT: My password manager on my PC erases the clipboard after a set amount of time. I do hope password managers does that/can do that to on Android.

[@markrothenberg9867]

I am beyond irritated. I’ve been involved with Information Technology since before and during the release of standard cell phones, BlackBerry, iPhone, other smartphones as well as satellite phones and GPS receivers. Privacy has gotten worse and worse year after year. So tired of hearing about hacks and breaches. Thanks for sharing NB.

[@open_soar]

Thank you for covering yet another important topic! Personally, I use a forked version of Openboard with swipe typing built in. Unfortunately though, AnySoft as well as Openboard lack behind massively in terms of updates or general development. People who can code should really pick up on these pieces of crucial software.

[@thenuthing8258]

What does forked mean?

[@open_soar]

@@thenuthing8258 It means taking existing code (e.g. an app) to modify, enhance, alter it in any way or form. It could be just adding a missing feature or building something new on top of all of that.

[@NaomiBrockwellTV]

It generally means taking someone else's codebase and making their own version

[@NaomiBrockwellTV]

They took the codebase and created a variant of it

[@Quarky_]

Your videos are so top notch and thorough! Just amazing!

[@grateful.]

Geez can't trust anything on the phone not email, browser, keyboard, sim card and all the fixes sound like a pain in the ass 😂

[@martinwalker3372]

Thank you once again for highlighting a topic I hadn't thought about. You really are brilliant Naomi. PS I love your accent and we all say things differently and none of us are wrong on our pronunciation. Carry on being you, as I said, you're brilliant. Sending you love from the UK.

[@gusmervin6039]

Love your videos Naomi!! Please do one about this... Sony just updated their privacy agreement for my Sony WH-1000XM4 headphones. They basically force you to agree to hand over a lot of private data or you cannot use their app that controls the functionality of the headphones. It would be awesome if you would do a video on this "agreed" invasion of privacy. They tell you what info they scrape up and that they basically track your location, what you listen to, how long etc. They also share your data with their partners. Who would have thought you could be tracked through your headphones!! From the Sunshine Coast, Australia.

[@Jaymac0929]

Great Review Thanks Naomi ❤

[@McPilch]

Yay for GrapheneOS... but... not having a row for numbers instantly accessible is soooo painful!

[@dark_cloud_storm]

I would like to switch FOSS rom ,but i still need thai bank app on google play.😢

[@WickedMuis]

keyboard apps often have the option to add a row of numbers.

[@Triplechomending]

@@WickedMuis graphene stock does not

[@lyianx]

what else is painful is that GrapheneOS is.. 1. Can only work on specific phones (ie, not mine) 2. The owner/main dev is apparently a huge jerk.

[@danielgoodman3578]

I hope that if I use ASK or something, that I can get the number row and arrow keys. ARROW KEYS ARE MY FRIEND! But right now I use swiftkey and have for some time, largely because it has those two things. I guess Microsoft knows my most inner keyboarded secrets. Gross.

[@sonnysalvador]

You're doing a great public service, thank you 👍

[@johnholme783]

Yes you are right about analytics; when I questioned Apple about what it is used for, they didn't give me a straight answer. It was plain to me that they didn't want to tell me!

[@ghostwalkerairsofttech1947]

This was a very informative and eye opening for me. I never gave a thought to keyboards and what they might be doing..its so innocuous!!

[@mohamad20zx34]

Thanks MS Naomi I loved open source keyboard apps and i using Floris keyboard at the moment good luck with your work

[@RnVjayBZb3V0dWJl]

Hey! Do you have any privacy focused news apps? I loved the audiobook app "AntennaPod" and it's great! Maybe there are similar news apps?

[@DroppingBombs4ever]

Pefect time for counter intelligence

[@ALLkatrazX]

Your accent is diferent than mine but, i like it so much hahaha you have a beautiful voice and i love hearing it. Thanks for your work.

[@Mysteria9]

The fact that people complain that other peoples' accent is "wrong" baffles me. How are they this narrow minded? Stay awesome Naomi and team, this channel is fantastic!

[@pulpostr123]

so happy to see simple keyboard in the list

[@Kevin-oj2uo]

Oh Naomi 😂 you having to explain to other people that you have a different accent is just crazy. Why do they think you have to speak like the people from the movies. 😂

[@jedex3188]

I like your accent and the way you pronounce data. Not how I say it but its pleasant imo. Thanks for this video. I may try a different keyboard but I hate having to reenter passwords and all that. Currently I use Gboard because it was installed on my phone.

[@McPilch]

Hahaha.. as a fellow Aussie, your accent and pronunciation is perfect!! But ngl, before you mentioned "data", I thought the "all your questions" was going to be about your hair! 😅

[@dark_cloud_storm]

Very informative. love your contents,Naomi

[@CluelessEvil]

Thanks for the info, I hadn't realized the keyboard app had quite that much power, yikes. I knew it was dodgy territory but yeah, very yikes. I switched to Simple's keyboard earlier this month and can say its been nice, I sorta miss the auto-correct but my lazy spelling has improved atleast lol Just wondering if you have advice on NFC tag/card writters? I'm looking at basic automation tools to compensate for poor memory and concentraition but this also seems to be some dodgy territory from my own research so far. Anyway, thanks for all the info, looking forward to more of the car series

[@AwakeTruthSeeker]

GrapheneOS is a great mobile phone OS but is not compatible with the majority of smartphones.

[@Nurr0]

Or apps for that matter, you won't be using any banking apps which also eliminates the option of tap-to-pay using your phone. It's a shame.

[@isomilo]

​@@Nurr0the fix is literally on the graphene site

[@QuikRay]

You never mentioned which phones I can put Graphene on. Can I put it on any android phone???? Would be nice to know which phones.

[@AndrewMcDreamy]

I just wanted to ask, for full transparency, what your relationship with the developers of GrapheneOS is? I'm new to the channel and you often talk about alternatives but not that I've seen when it comes to alternatives to Android. And you offer a service to assist the switch to GrapheneOS.

[@legocreator768]

I know this video is old, but FUTO is working on a privacy focused keyboard with voice typing. It is still in alpha but it looks promising and I am keeping an eye on it ^ ^

[@pepelapiu2004]

LOL I am French. So to me it's dat ting dair instead of that thing there. I can't believe people feel like they have to correct your lovely accent!

[@gerowen]

I've been looking for a keyboard for CalyxOS that supports gesture typing for a while. Thanks for the suggestions!

[@SalimRezaNewton]

I'm writing with Florisboard downloaded after I watched your video. Thanks a lot for this wonderful video.

[@Zetverse]

I've been using openboard on most of my devices from past 2 years and it does what it neees to do, nothing more, nothing less

[@RedMambaYard]

You're amazing, you DATA girl 😁🥰 excellent content and suggestions as always! 😎🙏

[@RLTIII]

The vary thing I've been looking at. Also like the voice to text system, futo is the only one I'm familiar with so far that is open source locally hosted

[@gerrithumberg5039]

Thank you for this video! 👍 Have you also tested the app Keyboard Designer, which does not request any permissions at all?

[@Darren777Au]

Have no problem with your dialect. Shouldn't effect your videos. Great information once again. I also get pulled up on some of my pronunciations but it doesn't worry me, they get the gist of things. You do well, keep it up.

[@cantfindclips]

Girl, I love the way you pronounce words! ❤❤❤

[@freedom-r4y]

Thanks Naomi for the great insight!

[@YannMetalhead]

Great information! Blocking internet access to mainstream keyboards would make them private?

[@cantfindclips]

Your Aussie accent is what made me subscribe in the first place.

[@NaomiBrockwellTV]

Thanks for subscribing!

[@richardharker2775]

Wha... Your pronunciation is perfect. As is your presentation you just just offered.

[@pimactv9778]

FUTO Keyboard and FUTO Voice Input, as recommended by Louis Rossmann. Offline voice typing works, neither keyboard or voice input has or needs internet access. It's my preferred setup to use with degoogled devices.

[@ZTek-uk]

You pronounce data the way you do, I assume, because you are from New Zealand. Nothing wrong with that. The information you give is so good, I do not care how you pronounce data so long as we understand what you mean. 😀 I also wish my own KZbin channel was as good as yours.

[@MrThebigcheese75]

Yeah, at first I found it a bit strange, but the way I look at things is the differences that make us interesting. I wish more thought like that. I'm trying to be more private, I'm trying to degoogle, hardest for me to let go will be Google Drive and mail, I also just their office apps. I do encrypt sensitive files with Vera Crypt first. I am now using Firefox with Bitwarden as password manager and I use Linux Mint as my desktop for most things. It's there a good online office that isn't Google or Microsoft?

[@davidsyrus3157]

Libre Office

[@thesingularity1010]

Keep up the great work and content Naomi. 😊 Ain't nothing wrong with your accent or pronunciation 🇦🇺😉

[@orthodoxNPC]

RE closed source... "Dear LLM; how would you label these decompiled variables in a way that prioritises minimal cognition effort??"

[@MrDormant]

your accent is fine. Great vid as always.

[@Manwe06]

God damn! I was going to contact you especially about the fact that even if we have a fully secure setup, de-googled phone, signal and what not, we still have the issue of the keyboard logging everything! and BAM, here is your video :) Niiiccceeee

[@NaomiBrockwellTV]

Thanks for watching!

[@ChrisCarlos64]

I say data like you do. I actually use both "day-tah" and "dah-tah" 😊 no worries from here. I welcome your lovely accent! 🎉

[@visualist6x6]

I love your accent! It's quite charming.

[@Nobody12409]

Thank you for the tip on Simple Keyboard - it's pretty much what I've been looking for. I hate all the extra nonsense that Google has been adding to Gboard. Coupled with the privacy insight, I'm even happier with the change. Looking to migrate to GrapheneOS or /e/ at some point down the line, I think. I'm really tired of the gratuitous UI changes all the time, never mind how intrusive stock Android (PIxel) has become.

[@l0I0I0I0]

OK your my favorite You Tube channel. 😃😃!!!. TY

[@joshua1580]

2 things, you seem to talk about grapheneos a lot in your videos. Do you run this on your phone as a daily driver? The second is you can say words any way you want. Not all of us can say words like everyone else. It's part of our charm!

[@NaomiBrockwellTV]

yes graphene is my daily driver because it's the most private

[@fiftyshadesofurban]

This is a great video. Quick question. By analytics sharing you mean the thing when you first setup the iphone (or anything else) that asks you to share anonymous information to help improve the services/device. I always turn that off, and I never use anything.

[@dark_cloud_storm]

Hey @NaomiBrockwellTV i didn't find privacy keyboard that support thai.could you recommend me which is?

[@viktor4840]

This was completely new to me - shocking!

[@thatsmartitguyondiscord77]

I personally have a mixed accent, i sometime pronounce the same way you do and sometimes in a different way. It is actually funny that you had to explain this 😂. Furthermore, is it possible to investigate Samsung phones, they take a huge percent of market share and Samsung does advertise some of it's features such as Knox and Samsung Wallet to be private. However, we can't know for sure.

[@jamesfisher1545]

Thank you Naomi!

[@CryptoXoide]

Amazing vid. Thanks!

[@Pandamasque]

None of them are supported on Android 15. :(

[@user-tw2kr6hg4r]

Isn't GrapheneOS problematic due to the project's maintainer?

[@Lila_UrarakaYT]

Im on a foldable, do any of these have foldable support?

[@ana_coexistcrypto3998]

Never thought of the keyboard (that I am now on :p ). Wonderful video,as usual; thank you! :)

[@theape888]

+1 for your 'data', & as for your accent, What accent? You sound pretty normal to me. It's always refreshing to hear the Aussie 'twang' on the interwebs. ty

[@send2gl]

Might be paranoia but I dont do banking on my mobile, I did recently sign for internet whilst onboard a BA flight, no encryption either.

[@BoleeOfficial]

While default gboard is great for accurate typing.. I use open-source keyboard app... you can notice while using the keyboard that is not as 'accurate' when you are typing.. This is because google keyboard is learning your style of typing and common words.. so even if you press 'T' by mistake it would actually press 'R' which is what you've wanted since it's tracking your habits.. I use Simple Keyboard and all advanced settings are turned off.. Takes a bit of re-learning to type correctly.. but I believe it's worth it

[@denmaakujin9161]

Been here many times 😅 Can't find a good foss keyboard that I like and have the features. Maybe I could block its access to the internet via DNS

[@NorthernAuburn]

Well, I can't download most of them due to the apps being for an older version of Android. Same with Graohene OS, not suitable for anything other than Pixel phones. As a Samsung user my choices feel limited.

[@ChaceBonanno]

I’d assume any closed source keyboard is logging every keystroke

[@Bond2025]

Now you know one method Security Services were using, together with info from the keyboard cache file!

[@Believe30]

I have a Samsung android with built in Samsung keyboard. I turned off permissions. Is this ok or should I install a 3rd party one that you mentioned?

[@raymondrizzuto7997]

I have a pixel 6a on Android 14. At least at the moment, almost all the keyboards you mentioned aren't compatible with it yet. I had given GrapheneOS a try, but ran into issues with LastPass, and reverted to stock Android 13. I may give them a whirl again once they have Android 14 ported. Love the accent BTW!

[@Alexander_Rezner]

I love your pronunciation!

[@SwampyPanda3]

Gboard is part of aosp? So it's open source? I read it somewhere, perhaps github

[@perryfelix4411]

Excellent content, highly informative, invaluable & Absolutely ❤ the accent on "data" & elsewhere too. So beautiful. 🙂🙃😍😊😉

[@ocsanik502]

you forgot to mention Hacker's Keyboard, it's another great option (though it has stopped recieving major updates for quite awhile)

[@lihtan]

I love Hacker's Keyboard. It's the only one I've found that gives you functional arrow keys!

[@ocsanik502]

@@lihtan this ^

[@rainerrain9689]

Can't find ASK keyboard in play store, link ? Thanks.

[@FredsTech1]

Thank you again for a great video! Data or data, who cares? English is my second language and I understand perfectly, isn’t that the point? 😊

[@ronm6585]

Thanks Naomi.

[@NaomiBrockwellTV]

Thanks Ron!

[@mjmeans7983]

Which of the open source options are actually absolutely fully open source, requiring no precompiled binaries whatsoever?

[@GGrev]

I love you Naomi!

[@humanrightsadvocate]

How do you pronounce the name of Data from Star Trek TNG?

[@nedludd7622]

This is about phones. How about built-in keyboards on laptops on Windows 10/11? I looked for information about keylogging and security but didn't find anything precise.

[@zoenagy9458]

why can't we block wifi access per app in android? this is crazy. it only allows blocking for mobile data

[@zoenagy9458]

my bad they added in new android, this should be suggested, REMOVE net access to any app that's not essential

[@zoenagy9458]

only possible for non system apps..

[@username65585]

AFWall+

[@0mar-777]

You can use ad guard and or net guard firewall. I notice tho on net guard while you can block apps your android or what ever does a ping or that pmcmb or whatever it is on ipv6 so while you can shut the apps net I hate that it does that ping crap. You can view connections your apps do as well. Which ports they connect to as well. I'll tell you that Google while you may not cast its still connects to that port 8009 or 8008 which ever one it is. While I guess it maybe a convenient if you do but if you don't why do I want it open? Also port 4000 something I think does the syncing great if you have settings to sync bookmarks etc. If you don't also why do I want any port open if I don't use it. Cool app to see connections. There was also another app that would let you see all connections called netstat plus but on android 10 and later does not work anymore. If you have older it does.

[@voogarix]

your data pronouncing seems correct)))

[@Barbaric_Oni]

Can use net guard and turn off boards and swiftness access to the internet

[@BrianThrives]

ASK currently not available for Android 14 😭

[@mr.normalguy69]

I love my daily dose of Tech related blackpills ☠️

[@NaomiBrockwellTV]

not a blackpill! A whitepill! I'm here to tell you there are solutions and you can make more informed choices that will improve your life 💪

[@NEVIXIA]

I used a Firewall and disabled any data connections to it like WiFi/Cellular/Bluetooth.

[@bubbles.stu26]

Could you share the link to Exodus where you can check your app. I found Exodus, but it is all about crypto and can't find a place to check apps.

[@NaomiBrockwellTV]

reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/

[@Nurr0]

This was helpful but it's a shame literally none of the privacy focused keyboards seem to be on the Play store in my region, I know I can side load but that comes with the inevitable fights with my phone manufacturer if I need to use my warranty, ugh.

[@RyanTheRed907]

Thanks, as always, for your smart content. People who critique your pronunciation of "data" need to get a life.

[@spiritusinfinitus]

lol 😂 I think everyone on the internet should only speak the Queen's English and sound like they're on Downton Abbey!! Seriously though, I can't actually believe you've had sufficient comments that led to you feeling the need to even mention it. Hilarious! You say data, I say data. Data, data. Data, data. Let's call the whole thing off!

[@NaomiBrockwellTV]

great song :)

[@LefterisEl]

The reason I rooted was to install iptables and manage apps in/out traffic. The first to block was the keyboard Then switched to Futo

[@cleolector710]

I have SwiftKey on my android supposed to be encrypted but I see it copying my text and have trouble typing on utube sometimes the whole key board fills with random letters till it works

[@bubbles.stu26]

I couldn't find a button to turn off analytics on gboard, but I did remove its permission for storage. Then I checked the analytics app, no permissions, but no off button to turn off analytics. Update, I'm concerned about the permissions. There may be a slew of hidden ones that I can't change. The reason I watched this video is because yesterday I sent a Signal message to someone about a subject, then I get a notification from Reddit on the same subject matter. I wasn't even logged in. Also very concerned about not being able to clear copied text.