Most people have now started using smartphone keyboard apps, and now a scary thing related to this has come to light. Actually, it has been revealed that some popular phone brands are facing security risks due to keyboard apps. Here we are talking about other brands like Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo whose keyboard apps can be used to get information about your keystrokes on the phone. For example, we use phones to book cabs and do online banking. For this, password and PIN details are also required. When you use these keyboard apps, keystrokes are registered but not stored anywhere. These apps having security issues can leak these keystrokes.
The latest security issue was discovered this week by Citizen Lab, which has discovered issues with keyboard apps that are also used by big brands like Samsung and Huawei.
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I am facing problems with these keyboards
tencent qq pinyin
Baidu IME
iFlytech IME
samsung keyboard
Xiaomi phones with Baidu
iFlytek
sogou keyboard
Oppo with Baidu and Sogou
Vivo with Sogou IME
Honor with Baidu IME.
It is reported that most of these affected keyboard apps are used in China, but it cannot be ruled out that millions of Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo users in other parts of the world will not be at risk.
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How to stay safe?
It is advisable that if you use any of these phones, they update their keyboard apps immediately, and more importantly, they should use keyboard apps that store most of your keystroke data on the device. Keep.
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Tag: oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi
first published : April 28, 2024, 2:39 pm IST
