ive been using expandroid, but sadly it stoped working for the stuff i most need it for.
now i found texpandapp(.)com. its really nice cuz it works my browser and note taking app.
most home calling can be stopped via dns blocking i guess (?), but it still has those questionable permissions:
- view network connections 😒
- use fingerprint hardware 👌
- run foreground service with the type “dataSync” 🥱
- run at startup 👌 -ask to ignore battery optimizations👌
- have full network access 😳😳😳
- prevent phone from sleeping🤔
- Advertising ID Permission 🙄
- run foreground service 👌
- Google Play billing service 👌
- Play Install Referrer API 🤔
how bad is all of that? keylogger-level bad?
(cannot block all internet access, bad phone and the vpn slot is occupied)
edit: turns out split tunnelling with “block all connections without vpn” does the job, nice.
I know you’re probably referring to mobile apps. However, I only use a text expander on Desktop, where I can recommend espanso. It’s FOSS and doesn’t connect anywhere (unless you tell it to). I wouldn’t trust a non-open app that can read everything I type.
Ha, I just made !espanso@programming.dev recently!