Mobile keyboards
Gboard privacy rating
Google's keyboard app for Android and iOS, with glide typing, voice typing, built-in Google search, translation, emoji and GIF search.
Summary
Gboard scores 12 out of 100 (grade F) on the mobile keyboards criteria. It partly meets no trackers or telemetry. It does not meet open source, no ads or data sales, independent audit and works offline. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act.
Score 12 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
Exodus found no third-party trackers, but Gboard sends federated learning data from typing to Google by default, which can be turned off.
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No
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
The app shows no ads, but it is a free Google product funded by Google's advertising business.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.
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No
Works offline Weight 3 of 3
Does the keyboard work without internet access?
Has network access and sends learnings from typing to Google through federated learning by default.