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Google: mind if we put a keylogger on your browser for spellchecking?
You: don't
Google: OK, we won't use the keylogger data for spellchecking
People: "Can we please get some government regulation against all this spying?"
The government: "Best we can do is some tax cuts for Google."
They'll just use all the other methods they have to track what your typing.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/identify-keystrokes-just-sound-typing-175509837.html
Researchers had artificial intelligence listen to the sounds of typing through a phone and over Zoom, with eerie results.
This was kinda overstated though. It really only works when you already have a dataset of that specific type on that specific keyboard. It's not gonna just work on anyone.
Good distinction. I imagine anyone typing into a google search bar with an android device nearby could have their keyboard mapped though, if Google ever wanted to do such a thing.