Source: Chris Hoffman, HoToGeek.com, December 6, 2017
Both Android and the iPhone allow you to replace the standard keyboard with a third-party one.
By its very nature, though, a keyboard has full access to everything you type on it—from private messages to passwords and credit card numbers. Some of the keyboard’s data is often sent over the internet, where it could be stolen—or even abused by the keyboard’s developer.
This isn’t theoretical, either: this has already happened. And it’s exactly why we have a problem trusting third-party smartphone keyboards.
