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 Is there someone who checked that the Google Gboard doesn't collect what I write on my Android phone? Have you got some tips about most secure alternative keyboard? 
 I've been going through this list for alternatives to common, privacy invasive programs. Including keyboard. Someone here posted it a while back, but I don't remember who to give the credit to.

https://github.com/pluja/awesome-privacy 
 Check out 'Unexpected Keyboard' or 'Simple Keyboard', both also to find on F-Droid. 
 Checkkout thumb key, open board and florisboard. Never ever use a closed source keyboard. They can easily add a little program to analyze your keywords and surveill you. 
 Thanks i'll try all keyboards 
 I use OpenBoard. 
 This is a tough thing for folks like me who are very much into glide typing.  
 Try florisboard:
https://github.com/florisboard/florisboard 
 Great keyboard 
 Absolutely sure, they collect everything you write. They also use it to target advertisings. 
 FlorisBoard seems to be the best, i'm using the 4 alpha version 
 Also using it, but it seems to be a bit abandoned now. That's a shame. 
 The latest Version of anysoftkey is also from january 2022.... i will try out florisboard.  
 Finally i can use emojis again 🤠🤙 
 I have been using Graphine OS for about four months. I think it is great. 
 My collegue one weeks ago bought a phone that support grapheneOS, and now he is doing some tests 
 FlorisBoard is the best 
 +1 for unexpected keyboard.

i like how it the swipe gestures for each key that allow you to access characters that would normally be a few tap layers deep. still getting used to the layout though. it also has a lot of fine grain layout customization settings as well. 
 I use Google board on grapheneos ans tell graphene to block google keyboard from using the internet  
 you can try fcitx5 for android. but it seems more focused on cjk 
 I like AnySoftKeyboard 
 #OpenBoard Upgrade is muy favorito https://github.com/Helium314/openboard
 
 Great!!! Is there a way to enable mic functions? 
 Sorry i've just fund it 
 AOSP keyboard is an android open source keyboard made for the purpose of having a keyboard & knowing it doesn't track you. If you're looking for the most functional keyboard to try I would look up "Unexpected Keyboard" it's in f-droid & neo store. 
 I would assume they absolutely, unequivocally collect what you type.

I use Gboard with networking blocked in my firewall. 
 Openboard. It's FOSS and you can get it on F-Droid. 
 I asked the same question 1 years ago, look this note

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Now i use openboard