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Vulnerabilities in Sogou Keyboard encryption expose keypresses to network eavesdropping.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh shit, Google is sending my stuff to China?

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It depends. Ever heard of databrokers ?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Google doesn't sell to data brokers. Not yet at least. They have a competitive advantage they will lose if they sold their data (our data) to third parties, especially third party resellers. If/when they begin circling the drain, that may change.