Published Oct 22, 2026, 9:30 AM EDT

Victor is a Features Author at Android Police with several years' experience in writing about tech. His focus is on Android, apps, software and Google products. He's particularly interested in how smartphones and the software that runs on them impact our day-to-day lives. He likes to look at new features, find out how the apps work and then explain the technology in an accessible way.

Outside writing, he enjoys playing FPS games, going for runs and catching up with his favourite series.

I use my phone keyboard for everything, from messaging friends and sending emails to Googling and jotting down ideas before I forget them.

Like most people, I wanted good autocorrect, useful word predictions, and a simple layout. Gboard has all that, so I never really felt the need to change.

But then I started thinking about what a keyboard app actually does.

I realized that even with personalization toggled off, a cloud-connected keyboard is not 100% private.…