Incognito Mode

[PrivacyAndSecurity]

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Feature description

Incognito Mode - Nothing what is being typed, is tracked or used for personalisation.

Why do you want this feature?

I love Incognito Mode from the Keyboard of FlorisBoard and I would love to have this for Fossify Keyboard too! Because what i type is my Privacy and needs to be protected.

Additional information

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[naveensingh]

Fossify Keyboard doesn't do personalization so you are always incognito.

[PrivacyAndSecurity]

Fossify Keyboard doesn't do personalization so you are always incognito.

So you want me to just trust blindly? So why does for example FlorisBoard add this Feature? They could say the same? I don't agree on this.

[naveensingh]

So you want me to just trust blindly?

Not at all, the code is open source for a reason.

I just remembered that Fossify Keyboard does store your recently used emojis (offline) but I think emojis are harmless.

So why does for example FlorisBoard add this Feature?

They may have a feature that relies on what you are typing.

[PrivacyAndSecurity]

So you want me to just trust blindly?

Not at all, the code is open source for a reason.

But that does not mean that the Keyboard is automatically not saving what I type...

I just remembered that Fossify Keyboard does store your recently used emojis (offline) but I think emojis are harmless.

Why not just incognito and no track at all? And no Emoji saving.

So why does for example FlorisBoard add this Feature?

They may have a feature that relies on what you are typing.

Nope they have not.

[naveensingh]

So you want me to just trust blindly?

Not at all, the code is open source for a reason.

But that does not mean that the Keyboard is automatically not saving what I type...

The source code allows you to verify what the keyboard does and how. Fossify Keyboard doesn't save/track what you type, I would be more concerned about the app where the typing is done.

Why not just incognito and no track at all?

See https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Keyboard/issues/108#issuecomment-2488238810.

So why does for example FlorisBoard add this Feature?

They may have a feature that relies on what you are typing.

Nope they have not.

The feature list says otherwise: https://github.com/florisboard/florisboard?tab=readme-ov-file#highlighted-features

[PrivacyAndSecurity]

So you want me to just trust blindly?

Not at all, the code is open source for a reason.

But that does not mean that the Keyboard is automatically not saving what I type...

The source code allows you to verify what the keyboard does and how. Fossify Keyboard doesn't save/track what you type, I would be more concerned about the app where the typing is done.

But the code does not show me, if what I did type, was being tracked. How should I believe that, when there is no incognito mode? The App I use to type could be the most secure, but when my Keyboard tracks what i type, then that does not make a difference.

Why not just incognito and no track at all?

See #108 (comment).

There is no 100% proof, only saying. Proof would be incognito mode or similar.

So why does for example FlorisBoard add this Feature?

They may have a feature that relies on what you are typing.

Nope they have not.

The feature list says otherwise: https://github.com/florisboard/florisboard?tab=readme-ov-file#highlighted-features

But did you think once before saying that, that this Features can be turned off from us as Users? Why would they track us, when they have incognito mode and value Privacy? Those Features are not indicates for anything, because if I never enabled and used them, then nothing was tracked. And even if I enabled them, it does not mean that they track from that.