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Ask HN: Is Grammerly a Keylogger as a Service?
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Re: Ask HN: Is Grammerly a Keylogger as a Service?
#2They've been advertising to me hardcore and it is completely free. It makes me wonder what data they are selling.
I have no issue with them advertising to me based on what I've typed but if they put me in audiences based on it and sell those I get uncomfortable.
Re: Ask HN: Is Grammerly a Keylogger as a Service?
#3What's one more keylogger?
Your OS is already logging your keystrokes, your browser is already logging your keystrokes, who even knows what else is already logging your keystrokes.
Obviously I speak here for the majority of computer users, I imagine many (most?) in the HN readership have taken steps to reduce the amount of keylogging they are exposed to as much as possible already.
Re: Ask HN: Is Grammerly a Keylogger as a Service?
#4I'm trying to pay them to get some keylogging data, but I don't see such link :(
just freemium stuff https://www.grammarly.com/premium
well, seems legit. dangerous, but legit to me.
Re: Ask HN: Is Grammerly a Keylogger as a Service?
#5For those interested, here's the site: https://www.grammarly.com/
Re: Ask HN: Is Grammerly a Keylogger as a Service?
#6I can totally see this being the case. They do have paid versions, I think only the browser extension is "free"?
Re: Ask HN: Is Grammerly a Keylogger as a Service?
#7They've been advertising to me hardcore and it is completely free. It makes me wonder what data they are selling. I have no issue with them advertising to me based on what I've typed but if they put me in audiences based on it and sell those I get uncomfortable.
It's not completely free. Their free version is a limited-feature advertisement for the premium version, which is between $12 and $30 a month depending on billing frequency.
Re: Ask HN: Is Grammerly a Keylogger as a Service?
#8They've been advertising to me hardcore and it is completely free. It makes me wonder what data they are selling. I have no issue with them advertising to me based on what I've typed but if they put me in audiences based on it and sell those I get uncomfortable.
Their privacy policy says they aren't in the business of selling user information. They also say they do not share information with third parties for the purpose of enabling them to deliver their advertisements to you.
Re: Ask HN: Is Grammerly a Keylogger as a Service?
#9What's one more keylogger? Your OS is already logging your keystrokes, your browser is already logging your keystrokes, who even knows what else is already logging your keystrokes. Obviously I speak here for the majority of computer users, I imagine many (most?) in the HN readership have taken steps to reduce the amount of keylogging they are exposed to as much as possible already.
Whose browser and OS is logging keystrokes? OSX/Windows users with IE/Edge/Safari? Are you insinuating that Google has a patch which integrates keylogging in their Chrome builds of Chromium?
I typically use Chromium on OpenBSD, am I being keylogged. I'm pretty sure we all have a choice, and many of us choose convenience over privacy.
Re: Ask HN: Is Grammerly a Keylogger as a Service?
#10While we are focusing on Facebook, Google etc. for breaking our privacy to extract data and pass it to third parties, we are willing to use Grammarly, CloudFlare and CrashPlan, pay for it and use it while hoping they will not work with security services. We need much more transparency it seems.