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Hi

I just received my Murena CMF phone. I’m quite happy with it; so far things are all right. Except that the keyboard is so simple that I cannot use it. I tried others but they are no better.

I’m going to install GBoard the Google keyboard… What can I do to avoid my data to be stolen in the process?

I’m so sorry about that. :disappointed_face:

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Would a more complex looking keyboard help

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I’m using Heliboard and it’s pretty good. I previously used GBoard.

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I personally switched to FUTO Keyboard: https://keyboard.futo.org

Been pretty good substitute for gboard for me so far.

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Thank you for your suggestion! Is there a way to use Japanese and Korean keyboards with this one?

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Thank you for your suggestion! Is there a way to use Japanese and Korean keyboards with this one?

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Thank you for your suggestion! Is there a way to use Japanese and Korean keyboards with this one?

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Several Korean keyboards are selectable in my settings for HeliBoard, but not Japanese or Chinese as far as I can see.

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Have been mentioned on the forum is worth a :magnifying_glass_tilted_left:.

I found CJK Input (Japanese, Chinese, Korean) - #4 by nanabanaman

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for japanese I use this one. I can’t say how privacy friendly it is, but when I found it, it seemed not bloated or tracking me too much.

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Not yet, unfortunately. There are open issues in the repo and some level of work being done (even if slow), I think.

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The original thread has been a victim of the strange auto closure policy on this forum, but Japanese support in FUTO keyboard has since shipped, so no more need to use an experimental build.

Both Japanese and Korean need a dictionary to be downloaded and added in the setting in order for suggestions to work. In case of Korean, the app does not give a link, but as mentioned in the other thread, this one here can be used for now.

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Didn’t know that. Good to here :+1:

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Thank you all for trying to help me but it seems quite complicated to get Japanese and Korean keyboards. I’m too old for complicated, I’m afraid.

About installing GBoard, I see that “Advanced Privacy” is doing a great job at blocking trackers. Would it be enough to prevent Google from stealing my data if I install their keyboard? I have the same question about Google Translate.

Thank you for your patience. :slight_smile:

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All right, after some search, I eventually installed GBoard. Turns out that Google added some confidentiality settings where we can decide to share or not data with them. I disabled everything.
Furthermore, I found a thread here that helped: Which keyboard do you use and disallowed GBoard access to the internet.
Hopefully doing this will be enough.
Thank you for paying attention! :slightly_smiling_face: