"Phone Keyboard Exploits Leave 1 Billion Users Exposed"

According to a study published by the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab, 1 billion smartphone users are exposed due to digital Chinese-language keyboards that are vulnerable to spying and eavesdropping. The discovered flaws provide a new cyberattack exploit, regardless of whether the device's keyboard is Chinese, English, or another language. Tencent's proprietary Chinese keyboard system was studied by the Citizen Lab last year. The "Sogou Keyboard" report by Citizen Lab revealed a range of potential keyboard attacks that could leak a user's key presses to eavesdroppers. In their latest study, the same researchers found similar vulnerabilities impacting most popular Chinese smartphone keyboards. This article continues to discuss findings regarding the security of popular digital Chinese-language keyboard apps.

IEEE Spectrum reports "Phone Keyboard Exploits Leave 1 Billion Users Exposed"

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