Baidu IME secretly transmitting Japanese users’ data
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Baidu IME secretly transmitting Japanese users’ data
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Re: Baidu IME secretly transmitting Japanese users’ data
#2Does anyone actually use the Baidu IME? Most people I know just use the IME built into the OS.
Simeji, on the other hand, is a bigger concern - it's a very popular Japanese keyboard for Android.
Re: Baidu IME secretly transmitting Japanese users’ data
#3Does anyone actually use the Baidu IME? Most people I know just use the IME built into the OS. Simeji, on the other hand, is a bigger concern - it's a very popular Japanese keyboard for Android.
Isn't Simeji a brand of Baidu?
Either way, this is one hell of an information leak if the keyboard app is sending everything you type in somewhere else.
Re: Baidu IME secretly transmitting Japanese users’ data
#4Does anyone actually use the Baidu IME? Most people I know just use the IME built into the OS. Simeji, on the other hand, is a bigger concern - it's a very popular Japanese keyboard for Android.
When it first come out it was pretty popular. Then when Google released theirs (http://www.google.co.jp/ime/) everyone I knew switched to that.
But in general, nearly all non-geeks stick to what came with their OS.
Re: Baidu IME secretly transmitting Japanese users’ data
#5Does anyone actually use the Baidu IME? Most people I know just use the IME built into the OS. Simeji, on the other hand, is a bigger concern - it's a very popular Japanese keyboard for Android.
A lot of Chinese use Sogou IME or Baidu/Google. The built-in ones are not as good as 3rd party IMEs. I guess it's the same for Japanese.
Re: Baidu IME secretly transmitting Japanese users’ data
#6AFAIK, Google IME also sends user phases to their index of popular words, but they do allow you to turn it off.
Re: Baidu IME secretly transmitting Japanese users’ data
#7Does anyone actually use the Baidu IME? Most people I know just use the IME built into the OS. Simeji, on the other hand, is a bigger concern - it's a very popular Japanese keyboard for Android.
Isn't Simeji a brand of Baidu? Either way, this is one hell of an information leak if the keyboard app is sending everything you type in somewhere else.
> Isn't Simeji a brand of Baidu?
Simeji was originally created by an indie dev, but then Baidu bought the app.
Re: Baidu IME secretly transmitting Japanese users’ data
#8The same as Google IME, except google has a evil virus-like secret upgrade popup.
Re: Baidu IME secretly transmitting Japanese users’ data
#9The same as Google IME, except google has a evil virus-like secret upgrade popup.
Nope. See their FAQ https://support.google.com/ime/japanese/answer/166771?hl=ja which states otherwise.
Re: Baidu IME secretly transmitting Japanese users’ data
#10The same as Google IME, except google has a evil virus-like secret upgrade popup.
Nope. See their FAQ https://support.google.com/ime/japanese/answer/166771?hl=ja which states otherwise.
see the part 同期とは "synchronization".
I think users without prior IME experience may have a hard time image what is the purpose of sync or what does it do. It's a user trained Bayesian db where you can input your most used words/combinations very fast.
It's like auto-complete in IMEs or Google Suggest where you can get a list of "hints" ordered by popularity.
Baidu IME does the same, except, according to OP:
> ... sends users’ information even when the function is turned off.